Plagued with legal issues and a complicated legacy, the controversial man is dead at the age of 76. Youre watching. Getting answers. Im kristen sze. Thanks for joining us. Oj simpsons family says he died in las vegas last night from prostate cancer. Simpson was born and grew up in San Francisco. Abc seven News Reporter amanda delcastillo has a look back at his controversial life. Well do on a third down and 21. O. J. Simpson led several lives in the late 60s and 70s. He was considered one of the greatest athletes in the country. The juice, as he was called, was born in San Francisco. He grew up in a potrero hill Housing Project and was often in trouble with the law. A chance meeting with willie mays helped turn his life around. He played football at Galileo High School and at the city college of San Francisco, married his High School Sweetheart when he was 19, simpson went to usc, where he was an allamerican and a Heisman Trophy winner. In 1968, he played nfl football for the buffalo b
One of the most controversial americans of our time, o. J. Simpson, dead at 76 after a bout with prostate cancer. He is regarded as one of the greatest Running Backs of all time and used his sports fame to turn himself into a household name. He started hertz commercials an. But everything changed night of june 12th, 1994, when simpsons exwife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were found brutally stabbed to death in the courtyard outside her home in l. A. O. J. Charged with their deaths. He was tried and eventually acquitted in the trial of the century. [siren sound enclosed his point is, it is a pursuit, and unfortunately it has a lot of mitigating circumstances because of the high profile of the proposed suspect that is inside the vehicle, could possibly be and appears at this time o. J. Simpson. In front of the jury, o. J. Simpson tried on the Gloves Prosecutors say he was wearing the night he murdered his exwife. He tried to show the gloves do not fit. It doesnt fit
White house, and this is cnn cnn Breaking News were beginning with Breaking News. Oj simpson is dead at 76 after losing a battle to cancer according to his family, simpson, maybe one of the most controversial people in our nations history before his murder trial, which divided the country and essentially turned to me into an outcast. He was a celebrated Football Star who won the Heisman Trophy and who was also an actor and a pitch man, universally loved by americans but that life is he knew it ended on june 12, 1994 when his exwife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, ron goldman were found stabbed to Death Outside of her home in los angeles. The shock of their murders intensifying five days later for hours time stood still is nearly 100 million americans watched on tv. At this simpson taking police on a low speed chase 60 miles through los angeles in that white Ford Bronco Simpson would go on to surrender and stand trial for the murders he was eventually acquitted in what was dubbed
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in rafah as prime minister benjamin netanyahu is states are reeling from severe weather, the tornado threat extending to the east coast with millions on alert, right now, including right here in the nation s capital welcome to our viewers the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i, boris sanchez and you are in the situation the skis, cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on what to expect during tomatoes closing arguments in donald trump s hush money trial sources revealing some of the key points that both sides plan to make cnn s kara scannell is in new york with the details. carol, what do you learn it? boris, in closing arguments tomorrow, michael cohen is expected to be a focus of both the prosecution and the defense sources say that trump s attorneys are going to look to try to undermine his testimony and focus on some of the witnesses that prosecutors did not call to buttress cohen s testimony, including the forward trum