OJ Simpson claimed to be ‘in good health’ in haunting last video weeks before death at 76

CONTROVERSIAL NFL star OJ Simpson said his health was good in a video posted just two months before his death at 76.

On Thursday, Simpson’s family announced the NFL legend had died from cancer complications weeks after he started treatment.

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OJ Simpson said he was in good health in a video shared two months before his death[/caption]

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Despite being regarded as one of the NFL’s greatest running backs, Simpson is remembered for his highly publicized murder trial[/caption]

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Simpson, seen standing trial in 1995, was acquitted of the murder of his wife Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman[/caption]

On February 9, acquitted murder defendant Simpson confirmed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and announced he would start chemotherapy.

Two days later, he shared an energetic video thanking people for their well-wishes.

“My health is good,” he said in the clip.

Sitting outside on a lawn chair while wearing a San Francisco 49ers jersey, Simpson opened up about his health and chatted about football.

“I mean obviously I’m dealing with some issues, but I think I’m just about over it,” he said.

At the time, a confident Simpson said he believed he would be back on the golf course in two weeks.

He ended the clip by predicting the 49ers would win their next game.

According to his family, Simpson died from cancer complications on Wednesday while surrounded by his children and grandchildren.

The family asked for privacy and grace following his death.

CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE

Despite being regarded as one of the NFL’s greatest running backs, Simpson is best known for standing trial for the murders of his wife Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.

Brown and Goldman were found stabbed to death outside of Brown’s Los Angeles home on the night of June 13, 1994.

Brown, who shared two children with Simpson, was stabbed so fiercely in the neck that her head was nearly decapitated, according to the medical examiner.

Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders, and the trial of the century was launched.

Prosecutors painted Simpson as a scorned lover who murdered Brown and Goldman in a jealous rage two years after she filed for divorce.

They pointed to a bloodied black glove that was found at the scene and said investigators found blood spattered on a white Ford Bronco parked in his driveway when they asked him about the death.

A second black glove was then found on the athlete’s property, which was later linked to the one authorities found at the murder scene.

In a dramatic courtroom moment, Simpson tried on the murder gloves but said that neither of them fit.

Following a highly publicized trial, Simpson was acquitted, to outrage from the victims’ families and national controversy.

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