News of O.J. Simpson’s death on Thursday predictably inspired a lot of intense discourse. The footballer-turned-actor who was put on trial and found not guilty for the murder of his wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman never stopped being the subject of fascination and fury. It was called the trial of the century for a reason, after all.
Writing about Simpson following his passing from prostate cancer at the age of 76 was never going to be an easy endeavor for obituarists the world over. It’s near-impossible to talk about O.J. as a lone figure, separate from the social, political and cultural context that defined not only him but our worldwide reactions to what many still consider the most egregious court verdict of its time.
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