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Photo by: Gordon Peters (The Chronicle)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O.J. Simpson, the football star from San Francisco who was acquitted in the killing of his former wife and her friend but later found responsible in a separate civil trial, died at his Las Vegas home on Wednesday. He was 76.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cause was complications from cancer, Simpson\u2019s family announced on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simpson\u2019s journey began in government-subsidized housing projects of Potrero Hill, and his teen years were marred by gang involvement and minor offenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was somebody who didn\u2019t care about anything, and the best thing you can say about me and trouble was that I was borderline,\u201d Simpson once told the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His exceptional athletic talent and a pivotal encounter with San Francisco Giants star Willie Mays had a major impact on him. What followed was a storied career in the NFL, playing for the Buffalo Bills and later, his hometown San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Simpson\u2019s legacy took a dramatic turn following the tragic knife murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles in June 1994.  His life became forever marked by the notorious \u201ctrial of the century.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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