O.J. Simpson‘s most cancers battle took a heavy toll on his well being over the previous yr — and in his remaining days, he was extremely frail and nearly unrecognizable … TMZ has realized.
Sources with direct information inform us O.J. was, actually, identified with prostate most cancers — one thing he first alluded to in Might 2023 in a video he posted to X. He by no means supplied a lot element, and appeared to recommend he had overwhelmed it.
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Regardless of the courageous face he placed on, our sources inform us the most cancers was under no circumstances in remission and enormously impacted his well being. Whereas, we’re instructed, he lived as if he had been a youthful man — even into his later years — his bodily state critically deteriorated over the previous 11 months.
We’re instructed Simpson had been out and in of the hospital for about 6 months — and he even briefly caught pneumonia, too.
Regardless of him having one of the best medical care, our sources say the most cancers grew to become too nice to beat, and he finally required hospice care.
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Our sources say it was about 2 weeks in the past that he was launched from the hospital, and despatched house — the place he wished to be — with a hospice care plan.
We’re instructed within the remaining days, O.J. was out and in of consciousness … sleeping so much.
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As soon as it grew to become clear Simpson was transitioning, we’re instructed it was relayed to the household, and the tip got here rapidly.
A hospice mattress had been introduced into his master suite, and we’re instructed he may now not get out and in of it by himself.
On Wednesday, when he actually passed, we’re instructed a member of the family checked on O.J. and realized he wasn’t responsive — in order that they known as in a nurse who declared him useless, and contacted a funeral house.
Simpson was 76.