The Los Angeles Police Department said that at this time it had no comment to make on the death of King, adding that the death had occurred in Rialto, out of its jurisdiction.
Earlier this year, everybody on the Internet knew that USA Today had reported that somebody had asked Mariah Carey what she thought of the death of King Hussein of Jordan.
Dating back to the 6th Century BC, the red-figure krater (a large vessel the ancient Greeks used to mix water and wine) shows in exquisite detail the death of Lycian king Sarpedon in the Trojan War.
"I am saddened by the death of Rodney King, " said Bernard Parks, a Los Angeles city councilman who served as LAPD chief from 1997 to 2002.
Her husband assumed the throne in February 1999 after the death of his father, King Hussein , who ruled the country for most of its independent life.
Spaniards generally hold the king in high regard for his service to the nation and his defense of democracy after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 -- especially the king's decisive stand to halt a right-wing military coup in 1981.
In 1961, Prince Hassan acceded to the throne of Morocco as King Hassan II following the sudden death of his father Mohammed V.
Amman's stockmarket barely budged in the face of King Hussein's imminent death, and the Central Bank had little trouble defending the Jordanian dinar.
The Queen came to the throne on 6 February 1952 on the death of her father, King George VI.
Since the death of Jordan's King Hussein earlier this year, Mubarak has become Clinton's top consultant in the Arab world on the peace process.
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One of the most beloved pieces Matisse made during those last few years is an abstract take on "One Thousand and One Nights, " the famed collection of Middle Eastern folk tales relayed by the fictional Scheherazade each evening to avoid death at the hands of a murderous Persian king.
Yet she is deeply rooted in Jordan, where her bearing through the King's illness and death won millions of hearts.
His death at Bosworth - the last English king to be killed in battle - ushered in the Tudor dynasty beginning with Henry VII.
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She estimated she was travelling at between 30mph and 40mph but Eric Lamb prosecuting argued she drove at "excessive speed" and caused the death of Miss Ashworth, a pupil at King Edward Queen Mary School, Lytham, with her dangerous driving.
An inquest into the death of seven-week-old Axel Peanberg King heard his mother consulted doctors three times before he was correctly diagnosed.
Whitaker, who won an Academy award for his performance in The Last King of Scotland, stars alongside Bloom as a policeman investigating the death of two women in Cape Town.
Martin Luther King, who saw far worse injustices than were ever inflicted on convicted felon Rodney King and suspected felon Mark Duggan (whose shooting death sparked the London riots), knew that nonviolent protest was the only effective way to secure social justice.
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In 2001, John Travolta told CNN's Larry King that his son had a near brush with death related to the condition.
Thereafter and for the rest of his life, Frederick, who became king on his father's death in 1740, craved affection while keeping his own counsel.
CNN's Larry King, who acted as moderator, questioned Kerry about his stand against the death penalty especially in the case of a person who kills a 5-year-old.
When King Juan Carlos came to the throne in 1975, after Franco's death, he proved not just ready to live with democracy but its stout champion when some military ninnies in 1981 tried to kill it again.
King: A Filmed Record, Montgomery to Memphis (January 17), the landmark 1970 documentary directed by Sidney Lumet and Joseph Mankiewicz, combining vivid archival footage of Dr. King and the events of the civil rights movement with interviews and testimonials filmed after his death, shown in a 35mm archival print from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Memorabilia related to the King of Rock 'n' Roll continues to fetch high prices more than 30 years after his death at the age of 42.
Rumours circulated in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, that the country's frail monarch, King Fahd , who is probably 82 years old, was close to death after being taken to hospital, apparently with pneumonia.
The king's widow sent a letter granting her blessing to the effort if Seidler waited until after her death.
This was because during 18 years as a reporter for The Associated Press, I had been there early in King's courageous crusade that eventually led to his untimely death.
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