Ironically all three from left to right are now dead from the OJ Simpson defense team called the Dream Team, William F Bailey (left), OJ Simpson (center) and Johnny Cochrane (right) in the back ground in suit Simpson attorney Robert Shapiro who is still alive at 81 years old as seen after Simpson’s not guilty verdict in Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct 3, 1995. (AP News photo)
By Tony Renteria NFL Staff analyst
The family of OJ Simpson said that Simpson 76 passed away. Simpson had been in hospice battling cancer “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer” Simpson family said in a statement on X “He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.”
Pro Football president of the NFL Hall of Fame Jim Porter said of Simpson, “O.J. Simpson was the first player to reach a rushing mark many thought could not be attained in a 14-game season when he topped 2,000 yards,” Jim Porter said “His on-field contributions will be preserved in the Hall’s archives in Canton, Ohio.”
Simpson’s football career was over shadowed by being accused of being a double murderer of his wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. It was the police car chase during a televised NBA Finals in June of 1994 that put the Finals as the backdrop as the car chase of OJ who held a gun to his head while his friend Al Cowlings was driving him down a Los Angeles freeway in the famous white Ford Bronco.
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