Here's What O.J. Simpson's Final Days Looked Like
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O.J. Simpson passed away fromcomplications related to prostate cancer last week. The former football player who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, reportedly died in Las Vegas with family.
After his death, videos began to circulate of the disgraced former football star downplaying his illness in the weeks before he succumbed to his illness. “My health is good,” said Simpson in a video roughly nine weeks before he died. “Obviously, I’m dealing with some issues, but hey, I think I’m just about over it, and I’ll be back on that golf course, hopefully in a couple of weeks.”
In another video on Feb. 9, Simpson was seen driving and denying that he was close to death. “Hospice, hospice, you talking about hospice, no I’m not in any hospice,” he said.
However, on April 10th, two months after he announced his diagnosis, Simpson died.
His long-time attorney, Malcolm LaVergne, shed light on what the final days were really like for Simpson and his seemingly rapid decline, for the Associated Press.
LaVergne says connected with Simpson weeks just before Easter at his country club home near the Las Vegas Strip. “He was awake alert and chilling,” LaVergne told the Associated Press. “He’s on the couch... drinking a beer and watching TV. And so that was the last time we had effective back-and-forth conversation.”
According to LaVergne, the pair watched the news. “He’s usually the one who keeps me up on the news ... so we were just catching up on the news then,” he said.
LaVergne said that a week later, Simpson’s doctor told him he was “transitioning.” He told the outlet that when he visited him again, Simpson was markedly different. He says Simpson was only able to ask for water and choose between watching Tennis or golf. “Of course he chose golf,” LaVergne told The Associated Press. “He was an absolute golf fanatic.”
Simpson died five days later on April 10th.
It’s unclear who was with Simpson when he died. In an X post, his family said that he “succumbed to his battle with cancer...surrounded by his children and grandchildren.” However, LaVergne said that he died next to an unidentified close family member.
Simpson is set to be cremated without an examination of whether or not he suffered from CTE, a degenerative brain disease associated with football players.
