A recent article in The Daily Mail appears to suggest that Simpson's father, Jimmy Lee Simpson, believed to have been gay and to have passed away from an AIDS-related illness, contributed to the formation of a "monster." In a piece detailing OJ's past and his notorious 1995 murder trial, where he was controversially acquitted of killing his wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman, the Daily Mail suggested that his "drag queen father" played a role in his purported "murderous rage." Simpson, a former American football icon and actor passed away last week after a fight with prostate cancer. #Queer Up The USA View