GONE: Like father, like son. Now Dexter King has died. Photo: Leitet Cowart / AP / NTB
The cause must be prostate cancer.
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It is Fox5 Atlanta who reports the death message.
Dexter King is the youngest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
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King was 62 years old, and died today, Monday.
According to a statement from the King Center’s executive director, Dexter’s sister Bernice A. King, the brother died after “a valiant battle with prostate cancer.”
– Words cannot describe the shocking grief I feel at losing yet another brother. I pray for strength to get through this difficult time, says Bernice A. King in the statement.
Dexter Scott King was Martin Luther King Jr. youngest son. Born in Atlanta in 1961, he was only seven years old when his father was murdered in 1968. As an adult, Dexter followed in his father’s footsteps, studying at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
He was, like his father, an American civil rights activist.
Dexter Scott King is survived by his wife and siblings. The family is asking for peace in their grief and will hold a press conference on Tuesday.
Dexter’s father, Martin Luther King Jr., was an American Baptist minister, prominent leader in the civil rights movement and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Luther King Jr. is best known for his work for blacks to achieve equal civil rights as whites in the United States using peaceful methods, such as nonviolence and civil disobedience.
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Published: 22.01.24 at 19:26
Updated: 22.01.24 at 19:46
2024-01-22 18:26:53
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