By our reckoning, that is.
The tally started in January with jazz great Etta James and football legend Joe Paterno, and it’s been relentless ever since. Sci-fi master Ray Bradbury (left), disco diva Donna Summer (center) and painter Thomas Kinkade all passed on, among many others.
Now Rodney King has become the 19th member of the group.
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