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Rodney King Dead at 47
« on: June 17, 2012, 10:41:19 AM »
http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/17/rodney-king-dead/

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Rodney King -- the man who was at the center of the infamous Los Angeles riots -- was found dead this morning in Rialito, CA. He was 47.

According to our sources, King's fiancée found him dead at the bottom of a pool.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they responded to a call at 5:25 AM PT. We're told they physically removed King from the pool and attempted CPR.

Our sources say he was pronounced dead at 6:11 AM.

Law enforcement sources say Rialto PD will open a drowning investigation.
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2012, 10:44:50 AM »
This actually makes me sad. :(
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2012, 10:46:32 AM »
I just now hear that too. At the bottom of a pool? I wonder what happened. I'll wait until actual info comes out before saying anything. The DUmmies will not, I am sure.
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2012, 10:51:30 AM »
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2012, 11:22:41 AM »
RIP.

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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2012, 11:41:39 AM »
From wikipedia:

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Later life

In 1993, King entered an alcohol rehabilitation program (...)

In May 2008, King checked into the Pasadena Recovery Center in Pasadena, California, which was filmed as part of the second season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which premiered in October 2008. Dr. Drew Pinsky, who runs the facility, showed concern for King's lifestyle and said that King would die unless his addiction was treated.

He also appeared on Sober House, a Celebrity Rehab spin-off focusing on a sober living environment, which aired in early 2009. Both shows filmed King's quest not only to achieve sobriety, but to reestablish a relationship with his family, which had been severely damaged due to his drinking

On September 9, 2010, it was confirmed that King was to marry Cynthia Kelley, who was a juror in the civil suit he brought against the City of Los Angeles.

Death

On June 17, 2012, media outlets reported that King's fiancée found him dead in his swimming pool. Police in Rialto, California, received a 911 call from King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelly, about 5:25 a.m PST. Responding officers found King at the bottom of the pool, removed him, and attempted to revive him. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2012, 01:13:56 PM »
I watched him on those rehab shows. Soon after read some place he was using again. Sad.
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2012, 05:08:23 PM »
Quote from: Revolution on June 17, 2012, 10:46:32 AM
I just now hear that too. At the bottom of a pool? I wonder what happened. I'll wait until actual info comes out before saying anything. The DUmmies will not, I am sure.

Reminds me of William Shaftner who lost his wife to the bottom of a pool.       He called 911 to say he could not get her out of the pool as he did not swim.   Kind of surprised as less then a week before we had watched him in an old movie and he was swimming like a Dolphin.-----Hard to believe that was his stunt double.


Sad to hear Rodney passed on, I never realised he was that young.  For some reason I thought he as in his 40's when he made headlines thanks to someone trying out their new camera.    Just an ordinary man that changed life as we knew it.  [The camera man, not Rodney ]
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2012, 07:41:30 PM »
Do you mean William Shatner ?
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2012, 11:29:57 PM »
Shit happens and it did not happens soon enough for this Punk.
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2012, 11:50:24 PM »
Not to speak ill of the dead, but Rodney's whole life seems to be vindication that the thin blue line did it's best to keep decent people separated from the not so decent.
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #11 on: June 18, 2012, 06:49:51 AM »
Guy's life was a trainwreck from A to Z.  Seems like the guy was making news on an annual basis when I lived there; beating his wife, speeding over 100 mph (you'd think he would have learned the first time), possession, and on it went.

This from a guy who, had the media shown the ENTIRE tape that was shot and not just the 81 seconds the MSM showed ad nauseam, would never have seen the light of day after the fact, and the entire world would have said, "Yeah, he got what he deserved."

Sorry, not pissing on his grave, but not shedding any tears either.  Guy is a poster child for a lot of what is wrong with the system.
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2012, 08:13:28 AM »
:tazeme:  He had too much interaction with the cops even after 1991. 
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #13 on: June 18, 2012, 09:54:11 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on June 18, 2012, 06:49:51 AM
Guy's life was a trainwreck from A to Z.  Seems like the guy was making news on an annual basis when I lived there; beating his wife, speeding over 100 mph (you'd think he would have learned the first time), possession, and on it went.

This from a guy who, had the media shown the ENTIRE tape that was shot and not just the 81 seconds the MSM showed ad nauseam, would never have seen the light of day after the fact, and the entire world would have said, "Yeah, he got what he deserved."

Sorry, not pissing on his grave, but not shedding any tears either.  Guy is a poster child for a lot of what is wrong with the system.

Werd.

You get what you pay for. In Rodney's case, we got what we paid for. A stiff floating in the bottom of a pool.

Rodney, I sure as hell hope you find in the hereafter whatever it was you were looking for in that pool, but a sober 5-year-old could've told you you were searching in the wrong spot.

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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #14 on: June 18, 2012, 10:33:15 AM »
What goes around comes around
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2012, 12:43:53 AM »
Certain they'll find drugs and/or booze in his blood. A no-brainer there.
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2012, 09:25:33 AM »
As much as I think drugs and drink are likely, there are other possibilities: he might have suffered a cardiac arrest or TIA/stroke while swimming (likely due to his years of drug use, but not necessarily a result of drug use on the particular day); also, I know that once in a while while swimming laps I've lost track of the length of the pool and bashed my head into the end of the pool, seen stars, and considered myself lucky for not passing out. That's a not-uncommon accident and might have happened to him, but with enough force to render him unconscious. You never know.
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Re: Rodney King Dead at 47
« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2012, 10:23:07 AM »
Quote from: Danglars on June 22, 2012, 09:25:33 AM
As much as I think drugs and drink are likely, there are other possibilities: he might have suffered a cardiac arrest or TIA/stroke while swimming (likely due to his years of drug use, but not necessarily a result of drug use on the particular day); also, I know that once in a while while swimming laps I've lost track of the length of the pool and bashed my head into the end of the pool, seen stars, and considered myself lucky for not passing out. That's a not-uncommon accident and might have happened to him, but with enough force to render him unconscious. You never know.

He could have been reenacting the Whitney Houston
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