On the day of Aeren’s pool accident, O.J. was away, getting ready to play an exhibition game in San Francisco, CA. The publication reported that as soon as he’d received the call about his daughter, he immediately rushed to UCLA Medical Center, where Aeren was being treated.
Sadly, Aeren fell into a coma after arriving to the hospital and had to be placed on life support, where she remained up until she passed away eight days later. Her official cause of death was listed as “respiratory failure.”
It was the saddest day of Marguerite and O.J.’s life and O.J. issued the following statement after their daughter’s passing:
“My deepest appreciation and thanks go to everyone across the nation whose gestures of prayers, cards, phone calls, and well-wishes sustained our family.”
The Simpsons had also asked fans, who wanted to send flowers, to instead make a donation in their daughter’s name to UCLA Cancer Center and UCLA Hospital Auxillary in Los Angeles, CA.
Aeren was buried during a private funeral service that was only open to close family and friends.
Marguerite Simpson (now 72) has always been a deeply private person, so to this day she has never spoken publicly about the extreme tragedy of losing her precious baby girl.
This is so heartbreaking and yet another reminder that celebrities are human, just like the rest of us, who sometimes endure life’s worst tragedies that none of us are guaranteed to be exempt from. May Aeren Simpson’s soul continue to rest peacefully.
