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 photographs of the departed flashed onscreen … however when O.J.’s image appeared, labeling him “Former NFL Player,” an ungainly silence enveloped the room.
Because the shock wore off, a number of hesitant claps could possibly 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 unfortunately lost this year.”
O.J. died in April at age 76 from prostate most cancers, following a number of months in hospice care.
His passing stirred combined reactions — some within the soccer neighborhood honored the athlete, whereas others remembered Simpson, who was acquitted of double homicide in 1995, as a killer.
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