O.J. Simpson was included within the 2024 BET Awards’ “In Memoriam” section …
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Take a look at the clip from the ceremony — the viewers was enthusiastically applauding Sunday as pictures of the departed flashed onscreen … however when O.J.’s image appeared, labeling him “Former NFL Participant,” an ungainly silence enveloped the room.
Because the shock wore off, a couple of hesitant claps may very well be heard … however the environment remained uneasy.
One factor was clear: O.J. did not come near receiving the thunderous applause Clarence Avant, Willie Mays, Louis Gossett Jr., Carl Weathers, and Invoice Cobbs did.
The In Memoriam section was intro’d as “honoring Black excellence that we sadly misplaced this 12 months.”
O.J. died in April at age 76 from prostate most cancers, following a number of months in hospice care.
His passing stirred blended reactions — some within the soccer group honored the athlete, whereas others remembered Simpson, who was acquitted of double homicide in 1995, as a killer.
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TMZ’s Tubi doc, “O.J. How He Actually Did It,” chronicles Harvey Levin’s expertise overlaying the homicide trial, with never-before-heard tales concerning the case.