The executor of O.J. Simpson’s property has revealed the reason for demise for the late soccer star.
Malcolm LaVergne advised The Hollywood Reporter on Friday that Simpson died on April 10 after a battle with metastatic prostate most cancers.
Simpson first introduced he had most cancers in Might 2023. Although he shared some well being updates on social media, the particular prognosis was not beforehand made public.
Simpson’s household on April 11 first revealed that O.J. Simpson had died on X, previously Twitter, however was not particular about the kind of most cancers that finally claimed his life.
“On April tenth, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with most cancers. He was surrounded by his kids and grandchildren. Throughout this time of transition, his household asks that you just please respect their needs for privateness and style. -The Simpson Household,” their demise announcement indicated.
LaVergne represented Simpson from 2009 till his demise earlier this month.
Simpson’s passing adopted a life marked by success in sports activities and Hollywood that morphed into the athlete turning into a suspected assassin and convicted armed robber.
The previous Corridor of Fame soccer star turned an actor earlier than turning into most identified for being accused of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her buddy, Ronald Goldman, amid the high-profile case famously dubbed the Trial of the Century, wherein he was finally acquitted of homicide prices. Simpson at all times maintained his innocence, and the double homicide of Goldman and Brown Simpson stays unsolved.
When talking shortly after Simpson’s demise to THR, LaVergne stated he’ll be certain that any declare constructed from the mother and father of Goldman to retrieve the hundreds of thousands they have been awarded in a 1998 civil judgment in opposition to Simpson will probably be accepted by the property, and that he plans to be “hypertransparent” with the households of each Brown Simpson and Goldman.
In 2022, Fred Goldman advised THR that he has not seen any cash from Simpson following the judgment within the 1997 civil trial verdict — the overall of which he stated is raised by 10 p.c annually. Tens of hundreds of thousands are owed to the Goldmans and Browns.