OJ Simpson dead latest news: Former NFL player dies aged 76 after cancer battle as family releases statement

Simpson became one of the most infamous figures in America after he was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.

He was later acquitted of the murders.

Simpson, a former football star who played 11 seasons with the Buffalo Bills, reinvented himself as an actor before the murders of Brown and Goldman.

Although he was acquitted of the murders, his reputation was ruined forever and the latter part of his career was marked by a series of shady ventures.

After he was acquitted, Simpson was found civilly liable for the murders and was later forced to pay out $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families.

He faced further legal trouble when he was sentenced to nine to 33 years behind bars in 2008 for an armed robbery in Nevada.

It was previously reported that Simpson was battling prostate cancer and undergoing chemotherapy.