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A Superhero Or A Murderer?

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A superhero or a murderer?

Orenthal James (O. J.) Simpson was an American football player, actor (first in commercials and later in movies), athlete and broadcaster. He was born 9th of July 1947 in San Fransisco, California. Simpson is now 69 years old and has been in jail since 2008, charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. But the most interesting of all is whether he did or did not kill his wife and a good friend of hers.

O. J. Simpson is a son of Eunice Simpson and Jimmy Lee Simpson. They got divorced in 1952. Eunice, his mother, was left all alone with her four children, she worked in a hospital and had often night shifts, which led to that Simpson, his brother and two sisters had to take care of themselves often, in the evening and throughout the night. His father was gay and was well known as the drag queen in the San Fransisco area. O. J. grew up in the Potrero Hill district, he didn 't have a great childhood ( almost nobody in that district either). When he was 13 years old he joined a gang. O. J. Simpson spent lots of his time on stealing and being a "gangster" in his childhood. Later when he went to City College of San Fransisco he became an American football player. O. J. Simpson was very talented. He was soon awarded an athletic scholarship at USC (University of Southern California) and in 1967 he ran for 1543 yards and scored 13 touchdowns. Everyone on that school was admiring him. When he won the Heisman trophy in 1968, Simpson became a star. O. J.

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