Simpson's football prowess made him a star off the field as well. In 1975, Hertz signed Simpson as the first Black man hired for a major national corporate advertising campaign, with soon-familiar commercials of him, smiling and clad in business suit, running through airports ...
Simpson left football behind for Hollywood, starring in popular Hertz commercials in the 1970s as well as movies, including "Capricorn One" in the 1970s and "The Naked Gun" films in the '80s and '90s. O.J. Simpson is seen in a still from "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police ...
April 12, 2024, 6:32 AM5:19 OJ Simpson dies at 76 The former NFL star, who was charged, but acquitted in the murders ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, passed away after battling cancer.O.J. Simpson, the former football great who was accused of and ultimately acquitted ...