George Holliday, who recorded the beating of Rodney King, died on September 19th, aged 61.
Lead sentence, The man on the balcony,The Economist Obituary, 2 October 2021:
- For near on nine minutes, George Holliday stood outside his second-floor windows with his three-pound Sony Handycam clamped to his eye.
It is quite an amazing article.