welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states, where oj simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76. his career as an american football star and actor were spectacularly overshadowed by events surrounding a brutal double murder. in 1995, he was controversially acquitted of the murder of his ex wife nicole brown and herfriend ron goldman the acquittal came after a slow speed car chase by police when simpson fled on the day he was due to turn himself in. both the car chase and the murder trial were watched by millions around the world at a time when rolling news was in its infancy. our los angeles correspondent emma vardy reports. this is one of those scenes that would only happen honestly here in southern california. tonight, oj simpson is a fugitive. watched by millions, oj simpson famously led police on a car chase through los angeles, after becoming the main suspect in the murder of his ex wife and her friend.
it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states, where oj simpson has died of cancer at the age of 76. his career as an american football star and actor were spectacularly overshadowed by events surrounding a brutal double murder. in 1995, he was controversially acquitted of the murder of his ex wife nicole brown and herfriend ron goldman the acquittal came after a slow speed car chase by police when simpson fled on the day he was due to turn himself in. both the car chase and the murder trial were watched by millions around the world at a time when rolling news was in its infancy. our los angeles correspondent emma vardy reports. this is one of those scenes that would only happen honestly here in southern california. tonight, oj simpson is a fugitive. watched by millions, oj simpson famously led police on a car chase through los angeles, after becoming the main suspect in the murder of his ex wife an
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