Dexter Scott King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Son, Has Passed Away

Per week to the day since our nationwide annual celebration of MLK Day (January 15), we should now sadly report that the King Household is experiencing one more loss with the passing of Dexter Scott King.

Youngest son of the late nice Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and equally missed Coretta Scott King, Dexter reportedly succumbed to an intensive battle with prostate most cancers right now (January 22). He was 62 years outdated.

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Extra reactions under from the surviving King Members of the family on the surprising loss of life of Dexter Scott King, by way of NBC Information:

“‘Phrases can’t specific the heartbreak,’ mentioned the Rev. Bernice King, the youngest of the King kids. ‘I’m praying for power to get via this very troublesome time.’

‘The sudden shock is devastating. It’s laborious to have the correct phrases at a second like this. We ask on your prayers right now for your complete King household,’ Martin Luther King III, the King’s oldest surviving baby, mentioned in a press release.

Dexter King attended Morehouse School and later served because the chairman of the King Middle, main the efforts to guard his household’s legacy and mental property. He was additionally president of the King Property.

‘He was the member of the family delegated to tackle the mantle of constant the precedent his father set by legally defending his work,’ the King Middle mentioned in a press release.  ‘He devoted his raise to the continued perpetuation of his father’s legacy and the safety of the mental property his father left behind.’”

Along with activism work within the useless of his dad, Dexter was additionally an completed writer along with his 2003 memoir, Rising Up King. As well as, he additionally contributed to performing within the 1978 miniseries King, The Rosa Parks Story tv film from 2002 starring Angela Bassett and the 1999 animated instructional movie Our Pal, Martin amongst different initiatives. With out query, he will likely be significantly missed.

Might his soul acquire peace within the afterlife with each his dad and mother. Have a look under at some pictures of the late Dexter Scott King over time: