A view of the swimming pool at the Rialto home of Rodney King, who was found dead Sunday. His death is being investigated as a possible drowning, authorities said.

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Rodney King found dead at home

A view of the swimming pool at the Rialto home of Rodney King, who was found dead Sunday. His death is being investigated as a possible drowning, authorities said. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Investigators from the Rialto Police Department stand outside the home of Rodney King, who was found at the bottom of his swimming pool Sunday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Rodney King at his home in Rialto. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Rodney King in the Los Angeles Times studio for a Patt Morrison column at the time of the 20th anniversary of the L.A. riots. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Rodney King smiles after he was found not guilty of spousal battery. (Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)

Rodney King shows the bruises he sustained at the hands of four Los Angeles police officers. (Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press)

Rodney King, speaking to the media outside of his lawyer’s office in Beverly Hills, asks for an end to the killing, looting and destruction that his case against the LAPD caused. (Larry Davis / Los Angeles Times)