As RedState reported earlier, the family of 76-year-old O.J. Simpson announced on Twitter Thursday that their father had passed away after a battle with cancer.
“On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” they wrote. “He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren.”
Simpson was, of course, most famous – or infamous, rather – for being acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman in a case that riveted the nation – starting with the low-speed white Bronco police chase that was televised – and which sharply divided Americans along racial lines at the time.
While there have been some shall we say interesting takes from the mainstream media in the aftermath of the announcement of Simpson’s death, NPR’s first report perhaps took the cake, with a headline that hyped up his NFL career.
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