O.J. Simpson, the former football great who was accused of and ultimately acquitted of the brutal 1994 slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, has died, according to his family. He was 76.

O. J. Simpson, here in Superior Court in Los Angeles in December 1994, has died.

O.J. Simpson, who has died following a "battle with cancer," according to his family, was a Hall of Fame football player before being swept up in a murder trial that captivated the nation.

OJ Simpson, the football star who shot to international notoriety after he was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, has died aged 76.

O.J. Simpson appears at a fundraiser for UCF’s fledgling football program in 1984. UCF ran a deficit of more than $1 million in the early 1980s, hampering the program’s progress.

O. J. Simpson, here in Superior Court in Los Angeles in December 1994, has died.

O. J. Simpson, here in Superior Court in Los Angeles in December 1994, has died.

Orenthal James Simpson, the one-time football legend whose life and career were forever tarnished in the "trial of the century," has died. Simpson died Wednesday after a battle with cancer ...