O.J. Simpson Will Be Cremated, Brain Won't Be Donated For CTE Research

O.J. Simpson

O.J. Simpson Will Be Cremated, Brain Won't Be Donated For CTE Research

New details surrounding O.J. Simpson's final arrangements have been revealed.

As we recently covered, on April, 10 news broke that O.J. Simpson had passed away at the age of 76. At the time of his death, he was battling cancer. The executor of the late Heisman Trophy winner, Malcolm LaVergne, recently shared that O.J. Simpson's family gave a hard no to scientists asking to study his brain for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).  He shared,

"With OJ everything's wild, but I've been getting calls from medical centers that are doing CTE testing asking me for OJ's brain . . . that is not happening."

The Mayo Clinic defines CTE as,

"a brain disorder likely caused by repeated head injuries. It causes the death of nerve cells in the brain, known as degeneration. CTE gets worse over time. The only way to definitively [diagnose] CTE is after death during an autopsy of the brain."

LaVergne also revealed in a separate statement that O.J. will be cremated and, as of now, arrangements for his funeral service have yet to be finalized.

"His entire body, his brain, everything, his fake hips, his fake knees, everything. That all goes into the crematorium."

As previously reported, the public had drastically mixed reactions to O.J.'s passing. While some reflected on his many accomplishments throughout his sports career, others celebrated his death due to the infamous Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murder case. O.J. was the prime suspect in their deaths but was ultimately found not guilty of the two murders.

O.J. Simpson, Nicole Simpson

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