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Rodney King found dead at 47
Los Angeles Times | June 17, 2012 | 8:35 a.m.
Rodney King, whose beating at the hands of Los Angeles police officers sparked the largest riot in Los Angeles history, has been found dead at his home in Rialto, according to his publicist and media reports. He was 47.
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