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Rodney King

Known for: Acting

Born 02/04/1965

Died 2012-06-17

Place of birth Sacramento, California, USA

Rodney Glen King was a taxi driver who became internationally known after a tape was released of him being beaten on March 3, 1991, by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase. A witness, George Holliday, videotaped much of the beating from his balcony and sent the footage to local news station KTLA.