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OJ Simpson says 'life is fine' after prison

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After 25 years living under the shadow of one of the nation’s most notorious murder cases, O. J. Simpson says his life has entered a phase he calls the
LOS ANGELES — After 25 years living under the shadow of one of the nation’s most notorious murder cases, O. J. Simpson says his life has entered a phase he calls the „no negative zone.“In a telephone interview, the 71-year-old Simpson told The Associated Press he is healthy and happy living in Las Vegas. And neither he nor his children want to look back by talking about June 12,1994, when his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death and Simpson was transformed from Hall of Fame football hero to murder suspect.“We don’t need to go back and relive the worst day of our lives,“ he said. „The subject of the moment is the subject I will never revisit again. My family and I have moved on to what we call the ’no negative zone.‘ We focus on the positives.“Simpson lives a relatively low-key life these days. He plays golf nearly every day. The knees that helped him run to football glory at the University of Southern California and with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills have been replaced, and he recently had Lasik surgery on his eyes. He said he remains close to his children and other relatives.“Life is fine,“ he said. Relatives of Simpson’s ex-wife and Goldman are disgusted Simpson is able to live the way he does while their loved ones had their lives cut short so tragically.“I don’t suffocate in my grief,“ Goldman’s sister, Kim, told the AP in an interview last week. „But every milestone that my kid hits, every milestone that I hit, you know, those are just reminders of what I’m not able to share with my brother and what he is missing out on.

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