O.J. Simpson’s reason behind dying was revealed as prostate most cancers this week, his lawyer confirmed to Fox Information Digital on Friday.
The controversial former athlete and actor, who was acquitted of his spouse’s dying in 1995, died on April 10.
Simpson, who was 76 when he died, introduced he had been identified with the illness final 12 months.
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O.J. Simpson died on April 10. (POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
His longtime lawyer, Malcolm Lavergne, advised Fox Information Digital Simpson’s dying certificates revealed he died of metastatic prostate most cancers.
The previous NFL working again was cremated in Las Vegas, the place he had been dwelling and there was a non-public gathering of associates and relations. No public memorial was deliberate.
LaVergne stated he visited Simpson simply earlier than Easter on the nation membership house, the place Simpson leased southwest of the Las Vegas Strip, and described Simpson as “awake, alert and chilling” sitting on a sofa, ingesting a beer and “simply catching up on the information.”
On April 5, a health care provider advised LaVergne that Simpson was “transitioning,” because the lawyer described it, and days later Simpson solely had energy to ask for water and to decide on to look at a TV golf match as a substitute of a tennis match.
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“On April tenth, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with most cancers,” his household then introduced on X on April 11. “He was surrounded by his youngsters and grandchildren.”
