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Updated Jun 18, 2012 - 1:10 pm

Rodney King: A look back on his life

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Originally published: Jun 17, 2012 - 11:49 am

This April 13, 2012 photo shows Rodney King posing for a portrait in Los Angeles. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died, his publicist said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)

Two police officers stand in front of Rodney King's home in Rialto,
Calif., Sunday, June 17, 2012. King, the black motorist whose 1991
videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone
for one of the most destructive race riots in U.S. history, died Sunday.
He was 47. King's fiancee called police at 5:25 a.m. to report that she
found him at the bottom of the swimming pool at their home in Rialto,
California, police Lt. Dean Hardin said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A girl runs past Rodney King's home in Rialto, Calif., Sunday, June 17,
2012. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los
Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most
destructive race riots in U.S. history, died Sunday. He was 47. King's
fiancee called police to report that she found him at the bottom of the
swimming pool at their home in Rialto, Calif., police Lt. Dean Hardin
said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rodney King's two daughters, Candice, front, and Lora, facing forward, comfort each other as King's former bodyguard Johnnie Kelly watches near King's home in Rialto, Calif., Sunday, June 17, 2012. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in U.S. history, died Sunday. He was 47. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rialto police detective Carla McCullough, right, and a photographer conduct an investigation at Rodney King's home in Rialto, Calif., Sunday, June 17, 2012. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in U.S. history, died Sunday. He was 47. King's fiancee called police to report that she found him at the bottom of the swimming pool at their home in Rialto, Calif., police Lt. Dean Hardin said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rialto police detective Carla McCullough conducts an investigation at Rodney King's home in Rialto, Calif., Sunday, June 17, 2012. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in U.S. history, died Sunday. He was 47. King's fiancee called police to report that she found him at the bottom of the swimming pool at their home in Rialto, Calif., police Lt. Dean Hardin said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Police technician Noretta Barker loads evidence from Rodney King's home into a vehical in Rialto, Calif., Sunday, June 17, 2012. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in U.S. history, died Sunday. He was 47. King's fiancee called police to report that she found him at the bottom of the swimming pool at their home in Rialto, Calif., officials said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rodney Hughes watches television coverage of his father Rodney King after giving an exclusive interview with Savannah, Georgia Reporter Ava Pittman of WJCL-TV on Sunday afternoon June 17, 2012, in Savannah, Ga. Hughes, 21 spoke about his late father Rodney King who was found dead Sunday at age 47 after he was pulled from the bottom of his swimming pool. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine)

In this Sunday, June 17, 2012, photo, Rodney Hughes poses for a photo after an exclusive interview with Reporter Ava Pittman of WJCL-TV in Savannah, Ga. Huges, 21 spoke about his late father Rodney King who was found dead Sunday at age 47 after he was pulled from the bottom of his swimming pool. (AP Photo/Lewis Levine)

This April 13, 2012 file photo shows Rodney King posing for a portrait
in Los Angeles. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped
beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of
the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died, his
publicist said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47. (AP Photo/Matt
Sayles, file)

This May 1, 1992 file photo shows Rodney King, right, speaking
during a news conference in Los Angeles along with his attorney,
Steven Lerman, left. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped
beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of
the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died, his
publicist said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47. (AP Photo/David
Longstreath, file)

This June 2, 1994 file photo shows Rodney King speaking at a news
conference in Santa Ana, Calif. along with his attorney Milton Grimes,
at left. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los
Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most
destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died, his publicist
said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47. (AP Photo/Chris Martinez, file)

This March 23, 1994 file photo shows Rodney King, second from right,
leaving the Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles with his lawyer Wilton
Grimes, far left, and two unidentified men. King, the black motorist
whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the
touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's
history, has died, his publicist said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47.
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

This March 6, 1991 file photo shows Rodney King showing bruises he
sustained at the hands of four Los Angeles police officers. King, the
black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police
officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots
in the nation's history, has died, his publicist said Sunday, June 17,
2012. He was 47. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

This file photo of Rodney King was taken three days after his
videotaped beating in Los Angeles on March 6, 1991. King, the black
motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police
officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots
in the nation's history, has died, his publicist said Sunday, June 17,
2012. He was 47. (AP Photo/Pool, File)

This July 20, 1993 file photo shows Rodney King speaking during an
appearance on KFI-AM radio's "Bill Handel and Mark Whitlock" show in
Los Angeles. King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating
by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most
destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died, his publicist
said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)

This May 1, 1992 file photo shows Rodney King making a statement at
a Los Angeles news conference. King, the black motorist whose 1991
videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone
for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has
died, his publicist said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47. (AP
Photo/David Longstreath, file)

This March 31, 1991 image made from video shot by George Holliday
shows police officers beating a man, later identified as Rodney King.
King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los
Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most
destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died, his publicist
said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47. (AP Photo/Courtesy of KTLA
Los Angeles, George Holliday)

This April 22, 2012 file photo shows Rodney King attending the LA
Times Festival of Books at the USC Campus in Los Angeles. King, the
black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police
officers led to some of the nation's most destructive race riots, has
died at age 47. (AP Photo/Katy Winn, file)

This July 16, 1992 file photo shows Rodney King being escorted from
jail in Santa Ana, Calif. after he was arrested for investigation of
drunken driving. King, whose videotaped beating by police in 1991 led
to LA race riots, has died at 47. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file)

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