Editing Rodney King (section)

==Death==
On Father's Day, June 17, 2012, King's partner, Cynthia Kelley, found him dead underwater at the bottom of his swimming pool.<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|title=Rodney King dead at 47|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html|access-date=June 17, 2012 |publisher=CNN|date=June 17, 2012}}</ref><ref name=cbsnews>{{cite news| url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodney-king-found-dead/| title= Rodney King found dead | date=June 17, 2012|work=CBS News| url-status= live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618085812/https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57454782/rodney-king-found-dead/|archive-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> King died 28 years to the day after his father, Ronald King, was found dead in his bathtub in 1984.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/3005930/rodney-and-glen/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427214242/http://www.mtv.com/news/3005930/rodney-and-glen/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2017|title=The Rodney King We Never Knew|work=MTV News|access-date=November 10, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Police in [[Rialto, California|Rialto]] received a 911 call from Kelley at about 5:25&nbsp;a.m. [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]].<ref name="911 call">{{cite news|title=911 call reveals frantic moments, fiancee's pleas after finding Rodney King submerged in pool |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rodney-king-autopsy-completed-as-death-investigation-continues-results-to-take-weeks/2012/06/18/gJQAce7UmV_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619004432/http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rodney-king-autopsy-completed-as-death-investigation-continues-results-to-take-weeks/2012/06/18/gJQAce7UmV_story.html |archive-date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=June 20, 2012|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 18, 2012|agency=AP |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 17, 2012|title=Police Beating Victim Who Asked 'Can We All Get Along?'|author=Jennifer Medina | work = [[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/us/rodney-king-whose-beating-led-to-la-riots-dead-at-47.html}}</ref> Responding officers removed King from the pool and performed CPR on him. Still pulseless, King was then transferred to an advanced life support ambulance where paramedics attempted to revive him. King was transported to [[Arrowhead Regional Medical Center]] in [[Colton, California|Colton]], California, and was pronounced [[dead on arrival]] at 6:11&nbsp;a.m. at the age of 47. The [[Rialto Police Department]] began a standard drowning investigation and said there did not appear to be any foul play.

On August 23, 2012, King's autopsy results were released, stating that he died of accidental drowning. The combination of alcohol, cocaine, and [[Phencyclidine|PCP]] found in his system were contributing factors, as were [[cardiomegaly]] and [[Cardiac fibrosis|focal myocardial fibrosis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://documents.latimes.com/rodney-king-coroners-report/|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 12, 2019|title=Coroner's report on Rodney King death}}</ref> The conclusion of the report stated: "The effects of the drugs and alcohol, combined with the subject's heart condition, probably precipitated a [[cardiac arrhythmia]], and the subject, incapacitated in the water, was unable to save himself."<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Stan|title=Autopsy attributes Rodney King's death to drowning|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/23/us/rodney-king-autopsy/index.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 23, 2012|date=August 23, 2012}}</ref>

[[Al Sharpton]] delivered the eulogy at King's funeral. King is interred at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in the [[Hollywood Hills]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]], California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/06/mourners-arrive-for-rodney-king-service-at-forest-lawn-hollywood-hills-.html |title=Mourners arrive for Rodney King service at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills |last1=Curwen |first1=Thomas |last2=Banks |first2=Sandy |date=June 30, 2012 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=September 13, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/06/30/al-sharpton-to-deliver-eulogy-at-rodney-kings-funeral/ |title=Rodney King Laid To Rest At Forest Lawn |date=June 30, 2012 |website=[[CBS Los Angeles]] |publisher=[[CBS]] |access-date=September 13, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/rodney-king-honored-at-his-funeral-e12125 |title=Rodney King honored at his funeral |date=June 30, 2014 |website=[[Newsday]] |access-date=September 13, 2014 }}</ref>