{"id":90509,"date":"2024-04-16T16:31:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/o-j-simpsons-funeral-are-there-actually-plans-for-a-memorial\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:31:16","slug":"o-j-simpsons-funeral-are-there-actually-plans-for-a-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/o-j-simpsons-funeral-are-there-actually-plans-for-a-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"O.J. Simpson&#8217;s Funeral: Are There Actually Plans For a Memorial?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Who would attend O.J. Simpson\u2019s funeral?<\/p>\n<p>As you have likely already heard, and as you may very well still be celebrating, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/04\/oj-simpson-cause-of-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O.J. Simpson died last week<\/a> at the age of 76.<\/p>\n<p>The former football player, who almost definitely murdered his wife and a man named Ron Goldman back in 1994, had been diagnosed earlier this year with prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>According to various sources, Simpson deteriorated rather rapidly afterward and was surrounded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/04\/oj-simpson-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all five of his kids<\/a> when he passed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-819710992-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"O.J. Simpson in a courtroom\" class=\"wp-image-497932 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-819710992-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-819710992-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-819710992-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-819710992-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-819710992-960x639.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-819710992-1080x719.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-819710992-1200x799.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-819710992.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">O.J. Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole at Lovelock Correctional Center July 20, 2017 in Lovelock, Nevada.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jason Bean-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Usually, after a famous person dies, family, friends and fans look forward to remembering their lives with a service of some kind. But given O.J.\u2019s infamy, many wonder if a funeral might be appropriate. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-is-a-funeral-planned-for-o-j-simpson\">Is a Funeral Planned For O.J. Simpson?<\/h2>\n<p>O.J.\u2019s lawyer Malcolm LaVergne provided the public with an update on where things stand with Simpson\u2019s body and also his fortune.<\/p>\n<p>First, LaVergne says Simpson will be <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/oj-simpson-cremated-brain-wont-be-donated-for-science-cte-research-8631528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cremated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are no plans to have his brain donated to science, despite a push in some circles to determine whether or not the retired running back suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy\u2026 a degenerative brain disease that has been studied in ex-football players and is associated with behavioral and cognitive issues related to repeated head injuries.<\/p>\n<p>As for details on a memorial or funeral, his lawyer did not say. We\u2019ll have to assume that, if there is one, it will be kept private for the family, away from prying eyes. <\/p>\n<p>Might be for the best. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"O.J. Simpson listens to audio recording played during an evidentiary hearing for O.J. Simpson in Clark County District Court in Clark County District Court May 16, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" class=\"wp-image-497709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-2048x1413.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-960x662.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-1080x745.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-1200x828.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"O.J. Simpson listens to audio recording played during an evidentiary hearing for O.J. Simpson in Clark County District Court in Clark County District Court May 16, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" class=\"wp-image-497709 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-2048x1413.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-960x662.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-1080x745.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366-1200x828.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168879366.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">O.J. Simpson listens to audio recording played during an evidentiary hearing for O.J. Simpson in Clark County District Court in Clark County District Court May 16, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Julie Jacobson-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-simpson-s-money-and-the-debt-he-owes-to-nicole-and-goldman-s-families\">Simpson\u2019s Money and The Debt He Owes To Nicole and Goldman\u2019s Families<\/h2>\n<p>Elsewhere, LaVergne walked back previous comment he had made.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, LaVergne told The Las Vegas Review-Journal that he\u2019d fight to prevent a payout of the $33.5 million judgment awarded to the families of Simpson\u2019s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Goldman.<\/p>\n<p>He even said wanted Fred Goldman, Ron\u2019s father, to receive \u201czero, nothing\u201d of Simpson\u2019s estate\u2026 despite Simpson having been found guilty for Ron\u2019s death in a civil trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you in advance, Fred Goldman\u2019s claim will be accepted. And his claim will be handled in accordance with Nevada law,\u201d LaVergne now tells The Hollywood Reporter, alleging that his earlier comments were <em>not<\/em> in response to Fred Goldman, but toward his attorneys.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"O.J. Simpson in July of 2017.\" class=\"wp-image-497681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-2048x1389.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-960x651.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-1080x732.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-1200x814.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"O.J. Simpson in July of 2017.\" class=\"wp-image-497681 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-2048x1389.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-960x651.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-1080x732.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-1200x814.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/0411_ojsimpson_09-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">O.J. Simpson attends his parole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center July 20, 2017.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jason Bean-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Added Simpson\u2019s lawyer since 2009:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin an hour of knowing that O.J. died, he started talking sh-t. My advocate instinct is was, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re gonna keep shitting on him even after he\u2019s dead?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine, you know? You get nothing.\u2019 And so, those were my remarks then. But I backtracked, and they were pretty harsh remarks. And now I\u2019m going in the other direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaVergne claims now that he plans to invite Goldman\u2019s mother and the person in control of Brown\u2019s estate to a meet at his office in order to be transparent about the process.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"O.J. Simpson returns to the courtroom after a lunch break during the fifth day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" class=\"wp-image-497706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"O.J. Simpson returns to the courtroom after a lunch break during the fifth day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" class=\"wp-image-497706 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-168970385-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">O.J. Simpson returns to the courtroom after a lunch break during the fifth day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Steve Marcus-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe can get this thing resolved in a calm and dispassionate manner,\u201d LaVergne says.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see about that, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Now serving as the executor of Simpson\u2019s estate, LaVergne also says there are tentative plans for a \u201ccelebration of life\u201d gathering for O.J., limited to close friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not exactly sure who else would attend such an event, considering we all had the same reaction upon learning of Simpson\u2019s death, didn\u2019t we?<\/p>\n<p>As Caitlyn Jenner noted, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/04\/caitlyn-jenner-good-riddance-tweet-oj-simpson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOOD RIDDANCE<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urls.grow.me\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlaG9sbHl3b29kZ29zc2lwLmNvbS8yMDI0LzA0L29qLXNpbXBzb24tZnVuZXJhbC8=\/e\/*%7CEMAIL%7C*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who would attend O.J. Simpson\u2019s funeral? As you have likely already heard, and as you may very well still be celebrating, O.J. Simpson died last week at the age of 76. The former football player, who almost definitely murdered his wife and a man named Ron Goldman back in 1994, had been diagnosed earlier this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-90509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}