The King Center announced Monday that Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died.
King, 62, died after a “courageous battle with prostate cancer,” according to the King Center.
Leah Weber King, King's wife of 11 years, said in a written statement that her husband “gently transitioned” in his sleep at their California home.
“He did everything in his power to fight this terrible disease to the very end,” Weber-King said. “As with all challenges in his life, he met this hurdle with courage and strength.”
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Dexter Scott King passed away on Monday after a battle with prostate cancer, the King Center announced. (Moses Robinson/Wire Image)
Dr. King was born in Atlanta in 1961. Dr. King was named after Dexter Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where his father served as the first pastor.
He was only 7 years old when his father was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.
Dexter Scott King (far left), his mother Coretta Scott King, and his brothers the Rev. Bernice A. King and Martin Luther King III at the White House in 1998. (Gerard Martineau/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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King followed in his father's footsteps and attended Morehouse College in Atlanta. His love for the arts led him to move to California to pursue his acting career, but ultimately to legally protect his father's legacy and the intellectual property involved in the King family's work. was devoted to.
Dexter Scott King (right) is survived by his sister, the Rev. Bernice A. King (center), and his brother Martin Luther King III (left). Another sister, Yolanda, died in 2007. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
He was the president of the King Center at the time of his death.
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Dr. King is survived by his wife, his sister Bernice A. King, and his brother Martin Luther King III. He was followed by his mother, who passed away in 2006, and his sister Yolanda, who passed away in 2007.
