Rodney King dead at 47

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Photos: Rodney King was found dead Sunday, June 17, 2012, in his pool in Rialto, Calif. His 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, was 47.

Rodney King's two daughters, Candice, front, and Lora, facing forward, comfort each other as King's former body guard 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.

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 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. Rialto police detective Carla McCullough, right, and a photographer conduct an investigation at Rodney King's home in Rialto, Calif.

This March 3, 1991 image made from video provided by KTLA Los Angeles shows police officers beating a man, later identified as Rodney King.

Rodney King looks at a picture of himself from May 1, 1992, the third day of the Los Angeles riots, which hangs in the living room of his home in Rialto, California, March 25, 2012.

Rodney King is photographed at his home in Rialto, Calif., on March 25, 2012.

Police technician Noretta Barker loads evidence from Rodney King's home into a vehicle in Rialto, Calif., Sunday, June 17, 2012.

Rodney Glen King is photographed in the Los Angeles Times studio, March 14, 2012.

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Rodney King's two daughters, Candice, front, and Lora, facing forward, comfort each other as King's former body guard 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.

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