Rodney King 1965-2012

This April 13, 2012, file photo shows Rodney King posing for a portrait in Los Angeles. King, the motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died, his publicist said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47.

King was found in the bottom of his swimming pool in Rialto, Calif., after his fiancee called 911. Preliminary information showed no signs of foul play.

Credit: AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file