OJ Simpson, the former American football player turned actor, has died after a battle with cancer, his family announced. Simpson was 76. In an X post, the family wrote, "Our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace.”

Simpson was first declared guilty in a criminal trial where he stood accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson, his ex-wife, and her friend Ronald Goldman, but he was found responsible in a civil lawsuit that the victims' relatives brought. A USC Heisman Trophy winner, Simpson set records in professional football as a Buffalo Bills and a San Francisco 49ers player.

As an actor, he appeared in titles such as The Klansman, Medical Center, The Towering Inferno, The Cassandra Crossing, Roots, Naked Gun, and Back to the Beach.