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Rodney King

1965 - 2012

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Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was a Black American victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on Interstate 210. An uninvolved resident, George Holliday, saw and filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage, which showed King on the ground being beaten, to a local news station KTLA. The incident was covered by news media around the world and caused a public uproar. At a press conference, Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates announced that the four officers who were involved would be disciplined for use of excessive force and that three would face criminal charges. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rodney King is the 28th most popular celebrity (up from 37th in 2019), the 1,363rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,371st in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Celebrity.

Rodney King is most famous for being the victim of a brutal beating by the LAPD in 1991.

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Among celebrities, Rodney King ranks 28 out of 265. Before him are Monica Lewinsky, Anna Anderson, Rosalia Lombardo, Keke Geladze, Dodi Fayed, and Marie Duplessis. After him are Besarion Jughashvili, Jacques Mayol, Kim Kardashian, Sarah Knauss, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, and Chandra Bahadur Dangi.

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Among people born in 1965, Rodney King ranks 23. Before him are Charlie Sheen, Shawn Michaels, Björk, Laurent Blanc, Kevin McCarthy, and Jeffrey Wright. After him are Sarah Jessica Parker, José Luis Chilavert, Brooke Shields, David Robinson, Dr. Dre, and Dragan Stojković. Among people deceased in 2012, Rodney King ranks 52. Before him are Stephen Covey, Sven Hassel, Jean Giraud, Albert O. Hirschman, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, and Dick Clark. After him are Rauf Denktaş, Renato Dulbecco, Erland Josephson, Carlo Maria Martini, E. Donnall Thomas, and Lucio Dalla.

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Among people born in United States, Rodney King ranks 1,363 out of 20,380. Before him are Raymond Carver (1938), Jane Wyman (1917), Martin Chalfie (1947), James Horner (1953), Mildred Harris (1901), and Hattie McDaniel (1893). After him are Stephen Curry (1988), Michael Flynn (1958), Dred Scott (1795), Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), Ron Howard (1954), and Ben Carson (1951).

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Among celebrities born in United States, Rodney King ranks 11. Before him are Robert Wadlow (1918), Buffalo Bill (1846), Jon Brower Minnoch (1941), Don King (1931), Roy Sullivan (1912), and Monica Lewinsky (1973). After him are Kim Kardashian (1980), Sarah Knauss (1880), Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), Myrtle Corbin (1868), and Black Dahlia (1924).

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