O.J. Simpson's 'Entire Body, Including His Brain' Will Be Cremated, Won't Be Tested For CTE
A lawyer who represented O.J. Simpson, the ex-NFL player who died from prostate cancer at 76 on April 10, revealed on Sunday that his body will be cremated in the coming days. There are also no plans to have his brain donated to science.
Attorney Malcolm LaVergne said, "On at least one occasion, someone has called saying he's a CTE guy who studies the brain." CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is "a progressive degenerative disease affecting people who have suffered repeated concussions and traumatic brain injuries, that may occur in some athletes and others who have been exposed to concussions and repetitive head impacts," according to the Indiana University School of Medicine.
"That's a hard no," LaVergne said. "His entire body, including his brain, will be cremated."
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LaVergne, who now serves as the executor of the Hall of Famer's estate, said there are tentative plans for a "celebration of life" gathering, which will be limited to close friends and family.
Simpson rose to fame in the late 1960s because of his skills on the football field, playing for the San Francisco 49ers and the Buffalo Bills. The running back was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1995, in what's considered the "Trial of the Century."
Last week, LaVergne told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he didn't want Goldman's family to collect any money from Simpson's estate. It was "my hope that the Goldmans get zero, nothing," he said.
Despite his acquittal in the controversial trial, Simpson was found liable for their deaths three years later in a civil suit from the victims' families. According to KSBY-6, Simpson paid little of the $33.5 million judgment.
Simpson, who was married twice, is survived by his four children. Sydney Brooke and Justin Ryan, who reside in Florida, and Arnelle and Jason who live quiet lives away from the limelight. Simpson and his first wife, Marguerite Whitley, also had a daughter, Aaren, who drowned just before her second birthday in 1979.
