Rodney King found dead in pool

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 30: Rodney King arrives at EsoWon bookstore to sign copies of his new book, 'The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption,' on April 30, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. King is best known as the victim of a brutal police beating that took place in Los Angeles. It’s been 20 years since the Rodney King verdict that sparked infamous L.A. Riots. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Many of us remember Rodney King when he first gained notoriety in 1991 as a victim of a beating by LA police officers which set off a huge race riot after the officers were acquitted.  The beating was caught on tape and aired all across the nation. He was in the public eye off and on battling a well known drug and alcohol addiction and was a patient on the wildly popular show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.  In an interview King was reported to have stated "your disease will creep up on you.."

King's fiance Cynthia Kelley stated that King had been drinking and smoking weed all the previous day prior to her  discovering  his naked  body in the swimming pool  of their Rialto home. Kelley stated that she had gone to bed at around 2 am and was abruptly awakened by King screaming in their backyard and beating on the glass of their home.  After asking King what was wrong, Kelley reported that shortly after she heard a splash in the backyard. It was then that she went to investigate, that she found King at the bottom of the pool.
Rehab is not a permanent solution, it is the beginning of a solution.  Many addicts have to stay active in their recovery and never take their sobriety for granted.
An autopsy is scheduled to take place on King Monday. This is an unfortunate end to a person that obviously faced many struggles in life only to succumb to them in this most tragic of ways.

Whitney Houston Autopsy: Accidental drowning due to cocaine and heart disease

American singer Whitney Houston performing on Good Morning America (Central Park, New York City) on September 1, 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Los Angeles Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey announced today that the autopsy report of Whitney Houston concluded that the singer in fact was using cocaine, and that the singer also had heart disease. Death was due to drowning while under the influence of cocaine in the singer's system. 
It was widely reported that Ms. Houston had staff members that would not allow the singer to bathe under any circumstances. Now it becomes apparent that the real reason may have been that this "drowning" may have happened in the past. One can also speculate that the singer may have dismissed many of her former aids and assistants because she relapsed.

Jani Lane's sister suspects alcohol played a part in singer's death

It is becoming a regular part of news these days with celebrities falling prey to their

addictions. Most recent is Jani Lane, lead man of the 80's rock band Warrant. If you live in South Carolina and are currently struggling with addiction, see: South Carolina Drug and Alcohol Addiction.

In a recent interview the singer's sister Vicky Oswald Ley was able to shed some possible light on the singer's cause of death.

In a recent report, the autopsy of the singer proved inconclusive. The cause of the singer's death will more than likely be determined by toxicology reports that are currently underway. However, in a recent interview the singer's sister Vicky Oswald Ley did suggest alcohol was the probable culprit in the singer's death.

Ley also stated that Lane had absolutely nothing to do with drugs of any kind. Lane has been arrested numerous times for DUI. Lane was on Celebrity Fit Club in 2005, but it seems that Celebrity Rehab might have been a better choice for the struggling singer.