OJ Simpson 'died without penance', attorney for Ron Goldman's family says as reaction begins trickling in

There have been a myriad of reactions to the news of OJ Simpson's death, which was announced overnight.

Simpson lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday night in Las Vegas, his family announced on social media. He was 76.

The decorated US football superstar and Hollywood actor was acquitted of charges he murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman but later found liable in a separate civil trial.

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Goldman's dad, Fred Goldman, told NBC News the NFL star's death was "no great loss to the world".

"The only thing I have to say is it's just further reminder of Ron being gone all these years," he said.

"It's no great loss to the world. It's a further reminder of Ron's being gone."

A criminal court jury found Simpson not guilty of the murders in 1995, but a separate civil trial jury found him liable in 1997 for the deaths and ordered him to pay $US33.5 million to family members of Brown and Goldman.

David Cook, a San Francisco attorney for the Goldman family who has been seeking to collect the civil judgment since 2008, said Simpson "died without penance".

"We don't know what he has, where it is or who is in control. We will pick up where we are and keep going with it," he said in a statement.

Caitlyn Jenner echoed a similar sentiment on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, simply writing: "Good Riddance #OJSimpson".

Jenner was previously married to Kris Jenner, who in turn had been married to Robert Kardashian who was part of Simpson's defence team.

Attorney Alan Dershowitz, an adviser on Simpson's legal "dream team" told NBC News Simpson had been "very sick".

"I knew he was very sick, so I'm upset that he died," he said.

"I got to know him fairly well during the trial. It was one of the most divisive trials in American history along racial lines. He'll always be remembered for the Bronco chase, for the glove, and for the moment of acquittal."

Basketball star Magic Johnson shared a post on social media offering his condolences to Simpson's family.

"Cookie and I are praying for O.J. Simpson's children ... and his grandchildren following his passing. I know this is a difficult time," he wrote on X.

While Simpson's Naked Gun director David Zucker got cheeky in his social media tribute.

"R.I.P. Nordberg. 'His acting was a lot like his murdering: He got away with it, but no one believed him'," he captioned a photo on Instagram.

Simpson earned fame, fortune and adulation through football and show business, but his legacy was forever changed by the June 1994 knife slayings of Brown and Goldman in Los Angeles.