Entertainment OJ Simpson dies at 76 after battle with cancer, family says

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O.J. Simpson, a former professional football star acquitted of charges in the murder of his former wife and her friend -- but later found liable in a separate civil trial -- has died.

He was 76 years old.

His family shared the news on social media Thursday, saying he passed away the day before.

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OJ Simpson dies at 76 after battle with cancer, family says

O.J. Simpson, a former professional football star acquitted of charges in the murder of his former wife and her friend, has died.

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OJ Simpson to be cremated, brain won’t be donated for CTE research, lawyer says

O.J. Simpson’s brain will be incinerated, not investigated, The Post has learned.

The body of the killer and former NFL great is expected to be cremated Tuesday in Las Vegas — with no plans to donate his brain for research despite multiple requests from scientists, a rep for his estate told The Post.

His longtime attorney and executor Malcolm LaVergne said he’s signed off on all the paperwork for Simpson’s cremation, but the family gave a “hard no” to scientists asking to study Simpson’s brain to see if the ex-running back suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease afflicting many retired football players who suffered multiple concussions during their careers.

Violent behavior is one common symptom of CTE.

“With OJ everything’s wild, but I’ve been getting calls from medical centers that are doing CTE testing asking me for OJ’s brain . . . that is not happening,” LaVergne said.

OJ Simpson to be cremated, brain won’t be donated for CTE research, lawyer says

On Friday, LaVergne “signed off on the paperwork to cremate [Simpson], and the siblings are all going to have to do it as well. I want consensus.”

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That is unfortunate news as that could have been a very revealing examination.