Rodney King Dies at 47; Police Beating Victim Who
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JUNE 17, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Rodney G. King, whose 1991 videotaped beating by the Los Angeles police became a symbol of the nation’s continuing racial tensions and subsequently led to a week of deadly race riots after the officers were acquitted, was found dead Sunday in a swimming pool at the home he shared with his fiancée in Rialto, Calif. He was 47.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/us/rodney-k...at-47.html