The executor of O.J. Simpson’s property has revealed the reason for loss of life 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 Could 2023. Although he shared some well being updates on social media, the precise prognosis was not beforehand made public.
Simpson’s household on April 11 first revealed that O.J. Simpson had died on X, formerly 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 simply please respect their needs for privateness and style. -The Simpson Household,” their loss of life announcement indicated.
LaVergne represented Simpson from 2009 till his loss of life earlier this month.
Simpson’s passing adopted a life marked by success in sports activities and Hollywood that morphed into the athlete changing into a suspected assassin and convicted armed robber.
The previous Corridor of Fame soccer star turned an actor earlier than changing into most recognized 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, by which 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 loss of life to THR, LaVergne stated he’ll be sure that any declare produced from the dad and mom of Goldman to retrieve the thousands and thousands they have been awarded in a 1998 civil judgment in opposition to Simpson can 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 % every year. Tens of thousands and thousands are owed to the Goldmans and Browns.