The football-star-turned-actor who was acquitted of his ex-wife’s murder in the “Trial of the Century” died of cancer on Wednesday, according to a family statement.
Following the news of O.J. Simpson dying of cancer, celebrity reactions to the controversial figure’s death began pouring in.
In a statement shared by the Simpson family on Thursday morning, it was announced that on Wednesday, the former football player, who became better known for being accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson amid an infamous televised car chase and trial, “succumbed to his battle with cancer” while surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
Caitlyn Jenner, who married Kris Jenner shortly after the Kardashian matriarch’s divorce from Robert Kardashian, who was Simpson’s defense attorney during the murder trial, was among the first to react on social media. “Good Riddance #OJSimpson,” she tweeted.
Mia Farrow also took to X (formerly Twitter), writing, “Thinking of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman – and their families.”
On The View, the women started off Thursday’s episode by discussing Simpson’s death. Whoopi Goldberg shared the news with viewers, and Sunny Hostin chimed in that the “trial of the century” was the reason why she became a prosecutor. “For me the tragedy was the injustice,” she noted.
Alyssa Farah Griffin added, “I was 5-years-old [during the infamous police car chase], my parents had it on. That and Princess Diana’s death are ingrained in me.”
“I hope it gives some peace to the family of the victims,” she continued. “I agree it was a miscarriage of justice. I hope it helps them to find peace.”