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RIP Rodney King....

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by dixiehack, Jun 17, 2012.

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  1. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    For once the random Twitter death trend had merit.

    http://m.tmz.com/article_head.ftl?id=http://www.tmz.com/2012/06/17/rodney-king-dead/
     
    dixiehack, Jun 17, 2012
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  2. farmerjerome

    farmerjerome Active Member

    http://news.yahoo.com/1990s-la-police-beating-victim-rodney-king-found-153048343.html

    Found dead in a swimming pool. He was 47.

    I can't say I'm shocked, he was still struggling with substance abuse. I think he was on Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab show not to far back.
     
    farmerjerome, Jun 17, 2012
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  3. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    RIP Rodney King

    Guy had a lot of problems. RIP
    http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
     
    Drip, Jun 17, 2012
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  4. 3OctaveFart

    3OctaveFart Guest

    He was. He wanted to build a halfway house for addicts in the hood and Drew helped him.
     
    3OctaveFart, Jun 17, 2012
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  5. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Definitely his non battle with LAPD on 3/3/91 was the ass kicking of the year.
     
    Drip, Jun 17, 2012
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  6. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    RIP Rodney King
     
    Blitz, Jun 17, 2012
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  7. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    The dot-dot-dot-dot in the thread headline signifies a huge "But" is forthcoming.
     
    Football_Bat, Jun 17, 2012
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  8. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I can't believe he was only 47.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jun 17, 2012
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  9. Bodie_Broadus

    Bodie_Broadus Active Member

    That came up in discussion at work, I said he looked 47 when the riots happened and that was 20 years ago.
     
    Bodie_Broadus, Jun 18, 2012
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  10. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member



    No notes. No prepared statement. Really hard not to feel for the guy, who I'm sure wishes none of it happened.
     
    DanOregon, Jun 18, 2012
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  11. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I would have guessed 60s without question.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Jun 18, 2012
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  12. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    The LAPD ruled it an "accident". Riiiight.
     
    exmediahack, Jun 18, 2012
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