Simpson's defense team, worked to discredit the testimony Los Angeles Police detectives who entered Simpson's estate on the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were slain.
His greatest legacy can be seen on televisions and newsstands around the world in the form of his three daughters, Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé.
For those too young to remember, a refresher course: On June 12, 1994, Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were found dead outside her Los Angeles home, their throats slashed in a brutal double murder.
He retired from teaching at Harvard Law in 2013, and recently part of his collection of Judaica.
He also co-founded the online legal site LegalZoom.
By the time Simpson surrendered to cops at his Brentwood mansion, 95 million people were watching, more than had viewed the Super Bowl the previous January.