OJ Simpson: All-American hero who fumbled it all

But it all came crashing down in 1994 when Simpson, who had parlayed his sports fame into a career as an actor and advertising pitchman, was charged with the murder of his ex-wife and a male companion.

Simpson's spectacular fall from grace came after a meteoric rise to stardom that saw him go from an impoverished childhood to the football field and then to Hollywood.Born Orenthal James Simpson on 9 July 1947 in San Francisco, he was left in his mother's care at age five when his father left, growing up poor and suffering from rickets - a calcium and vitamin deficiency that warped his legs.

Simpson has said he was lucky that he went into the movies at a time when Americans were looking for more black faces on the big screen. Simpson was married at the time to his first wife, Marguerite. The couple divorced and he married Nicole in 1985. We need your consent to load this comcast-player contentWe use comcast-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage PreferencesHis nine-month trial - which has been the subject of several television shows, books and documentaries - riveted the nation and much of the world.

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