11:05 am, June 17th, 2012
(ABC)
Rodney King , the motorist who was videotaped two decades ago by a bystander as Los Angeles police officers severely beat him during an arrest, is dead.
He was found by his fiancee at the bottom of a pool, reports TMZ.
In March 1991, King was infamously kicked and hit 56 times with police batons and tasered. Footage of the beating led to the Los Angeles riots.
King, who struggled with alcoholism, appeared in later years both on 'Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew' and 'Sober House.'
King was 47.
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