Oj Simpson Death

OJ Simpson, the onetime football star infamously tried and acquitted of double-murder charges, was cremated on Wednesday during a private gathering of friends and family in downtown Las Vegas, according to the executor of his estate.

Good looks, fame and fortune: O.J. Simpson appeared to have it made after rewriting the record books as an American football star.

Good looks, fame and fortune: O.J. Simpson appeared to have it made after rewriting the record books as an American football star.

OJ Simpson, the star NFL football player whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called "trial of the century" for the brutal murders of his wife and a male friend gripped the world, has died at the age of 76, his family announced.

OJ Simpson, the onetime football star infamously tried and acquitted of double-murder charges, was cremated on Wednesday during a private gathering of friends and family in downtown Las Vegas, according to the executor of his estate.

Good looks, fame and fortune: O.J. Simpson appeared to have it made after rewriting the record books as an American football star.

Good looks, fame and fortune: O.J. Simpson appeared to have it made after rewriting the record books as an American football star.

OJ Simpson, the star NFL football player whose 1995 acquittal in the so-called "trial of the century" for the brutal murders of his wife and a male friend gripped the world, has died at the age of 76, his family announced.