I don’t know, we are on the east coast here, but me, hubby and our friend all had him as about 20 years older than he was.
Maybe we just saw him on some news footage, looking all beat up, or whatever, and just got less details in the coverage of the story, but we were really surprised to learn how young he was. Now and then, if you know what I mean.
Esp. now I guess. I hear stuff that he turned his life around, then I hear not really. But still too young to die.
The SOB was sky high on “Angel Dust” leading police on a high-speed chase for over an hour, narrowly missing pedestrians and other vehicles.
About 10 years later (2003)...
Rodney King Crashes Suv Into A House
BY BILL HUTCHINSON DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Rodney King and motor vehicles. Not perfect together.
The man whose name is synonymous with police brutality, the L.A. riots and angel dust nearly killed himself when he drove a new SUV into a house at 100 mph, cops said yesterday.
King, 39, had to be cut out of his crunched navy blue 2003 Ford Expedition on Sunday morning in the Los Angeles suburb of Rialto. He was listed in fair condition yesterday with a broken pelvis at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.
Now, cops want to know once more whether he was driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2003-04-16/news/18225257_1_indecent-exposure-paul-wing-rodney-king
Surely you jest. He deserved to die all those years ago, the night of the 'beating'.