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He was one of the greatest players in a country where sports stars are close to gods. Swift and strong, charismatic and good-looking – he had it all. And when OJ Simpson died recently of prostate cancer, obituary writers charted his astonishing rise to fame as one of the world’s most gifted athletes.
But it was all the other stuff that stood out the most. The lingering questions about what really happened the night his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, was stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home.
How OJ led authorities on a dramatic two-hour chase along an LA interstate, cowering in the back seat of a friend’s Ford Bronco, holding a gun to his head and refusing to surrender to authorities. Then his trial, which polarised America and eventually saw him being acquitted. Here’s a look back at OJ’s controversial life.
