OJ Simpson, the fallen American football star and actor who was famously acquitted of murder after the “trial of the century”, has died aged 76. Simpson, who was a huge deal back in the ’70s and ’80s, was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, who were found stabbed to death in 1994. What followed was one of the most famous – and slowest – car chases in history as Simpson led police through the streets of LA. The chase, and his surrender 2 hours later, was watched live on TV by millions in the US. A jury found him not guilty of the double murder in 1995, but he was later found liable for the deaths in a civil suit and ordered to pay the victims’ families US$33.5 million in damages. Years later, he served 9 years in jail for a botched armed robbery in Las Vegas. Simpson’s family announced his death from cancer on social media overnight.