{"id":2156357,"date":"2024-01-22T19:58:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dexter-scott-king-son-of-martin-luther-king-jr-dies-at-62\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T20:02:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T01:02:30","slug":"dexter-scott-king-son-of-martin-luther-king-jr-dies-at-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dexter-scott-king-son-of-martin-luther-king-jr-dies-at-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Dexter Scott King, MLK Jr.&#8217;s Son, Passes Away at 62"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdexter-scott-king-son-of-martin-luther-king-jr-dies-at-62%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2156357&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coretta Scott King (L), widow\u2064 of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, passes the Olympic Flame to \u200cher son Dexter Scott King\u2063 19 July\u200b in Atlanta. The Kings were part of a relay taking the \u2064flame around\u200d Atlanta before the opening ceremonies later 19\u2063 July. (for editorial use only)\u2062  (Photo credit should read MICHEL GANGNE\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>4:52 PM \u2013 Monday, January 22, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>Dexter Scott \u2064King, Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s youngest son,\u2063 has passed away at the age of 62 after a courageous battle with prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thekingcenter1.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/DSK-Press-Release-012224-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statements from his \u2064family\u200d and the King Center<\/a>, Dexter Scott King, the son of Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr., passed away on Monday at the\u200d age of 62. <\/p>\n<p>Dexter\u2019s wife,\u2064 Leah Weber King, said\u200d in a statement that he passed away \u200cpeacefully while resting.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHe transitioned peacefully in his sleep at home with\u2064 me in \u2063Malibu,\u201d \u2062Leah said in \u2062a statement from the King Center. \u201cHe gave it everything\u200b and battled this terrible disease until the end. As with\u2062 all the \u200bchallenges in his life, he faced this hurdle with bravery and \u2062might.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, Dexter\u2019s older brother, Martin Luther King III, expressed his condolences.\u200b <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI am deeply\u2062 saddened to share that my brother,\u2064 Dexter \u200dScott King, has passed away. The sudden shock is devastating,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is hard to have the \u200bright words at a moment like \u200dthis. Please keep the entire King\u2064 family in\u200d your \u200cprayers, and in particular Dexter\u2019s wife, Leah Weber.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During his life, Dexter was an activist\u2063 and\u2062 worked as a chairman of the King Center. He also served as the president of the King Estate, according to the King Center. \u2062Additionally, Dexter played an acting role where he impersonated his father in the biographical film <em>The Rosa Parks Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thekingcenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The King Center<\/a> advocates for promoting the legacy of Martin\u200b Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, supporting nonviolent social change and social justice.<\/p>\n<p>Dexter\u2019s sister, Bernice King, who\u200b is CEO of the\u200b King Center, expressed her \u2062deep sadness regarding her brother\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWords cannot express the heartbreak I feel from losing another sibling. I\u2019m praying for strength to get through this very\u200c difficult time,\u201d Bernice said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The National Action Network\u2019s president and founder, Rev. Al Sharpton, expressed his sorrow\u2063 over King\u2019s passing. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI was heartbroken to hear that Dexter King left \u2063us this morning, but I was comforted \u200bby the knowledge he is reunited \u2063with his parents and sister,\u201d Sharpton stated. \u201cDexter \u2062was only seven when his hero, his role model, \u2064and, most importantly, his\u200b father\u2063 was taken from us. He turned that pain into activism, however, and dedicated \u2063his life\u2062 to advancing the dream Martin\u200d and Coretta Scott King had for their children, their grandchildren, and all the generations to come after.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Andre Dickens, the\u2062 mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, expressed solidarity with his community and the\u2063 global\u2064 community in mourning the passing of Dexter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHis profound and unwavering love for his family positioned \u2064him as a guardian of his father and mother\u2019s legacies,\u201d\u2062 Dickens said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dickens added\u2062 that Dexter\u2063 held a number of titles, being an actor, humanitarian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-e-lee-statue-removed-from-us-capitol-video\/\" title=\"Robert E. Lee Statue Removed From US Capitol (VIDEO)\">civil rights activist<\/a>, and graduate of\u200b Morehouse College.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHowever, above all, he was a devoted family man,\u201d said Dickens, who also expressed his condolences to Dexter\u2019s various survivors.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The third of the King\u2064 family\u2019s four children, Dexter, was only 7-years-old in \u20641968 when\u200d his father was killed. \u200dMLK jr. was previously a pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, \u2063Alabama, \u200cwhich \u2063is how\u200b Dexter\u2062 got his name.<\/p>\n<p>Yolanda King, the eldest \u200cchild of the King family, passed away in 2007 after\u2063 her mother Coretta Scott King passed away the year \u200dbefore in 2006.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from The King Center on the passing of\u2063 Dexter Scott King: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VWbIPxO5a1\">https:\/\/t.co\/VWbIPxO5a1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tTpoxjT8RK\">pic.twitter.com\/tTpoxjT8RK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center (@TheKingCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKingCenter\/status\/1749541286263087279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Click here<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1569727173455-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1569727173455-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On\u2062 Monday, \u2064January 22, 2024, Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of civil rights leader \u200dMartin Luther King Jr., passed away at the age of 62 after a brave fight against prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>According to statements released by his family\u2064 and the King Center, Dexter Scott King, son of Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr.,\u200c passed away peacefully at the age of 62. \u200cHis wife, Leah Weber King, expressed that\u200b he passed away while resting in their\u200b home in Malibu. She \u2063stated that he \u200dfought \u200duntil the end, demonstrating great bravery and strength in\u2063 facing this dreadful disease.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Dexter&#8217;s \u2062passing, his older \u200bbrother Martin Luther King III expressed deep sadness and asked for prayers for the entire King\u200c family, particularly \u2063Dexter&#8217;s wife Leah Weber.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his life, Dexter King\u2064 was a dedicated activist and \u200cserved as the chairman of the King Center. He also held the position of president of \u2063the King Estate. Additionally, Dexter played an important acting role in the biographical film &#8220;The Rosa Parks Story,&#8221; \u200dwhere he portrayed \u200bhis father.<\/p>\n<p>The King Center, an organization that advocates for the legacy\u200b of\u200d Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and \u2062supports nonviolent social change and social justice, mourned\u2063 the loss of Dexter. \u2064Bernice King, CEO\u200d of the King Center and Dexter&#8217;s sister, \u200bexpressed her deep sadness and \u200brequested \u2064strength to cope with losing another sibling.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Al\u200b Sharpton, president and founder of the National Action Network, \u2064also expressed his sorrow over\u2064 the\u200c passing\u2063 of Dexter King, highlighting that\u200c he turned his pain into activism and dedicated his life to \u2063advancing the dreams of\u2062 his parents.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, Andre Dickens, extended his condolences to the community and \u2063the world, recognizing Dexter&#8217;s unwavering love for his \u200bfamily\u200c and \u2062their legacies.\u2063 Dickens acknowledged Dexter&#8217;s various roles as an actor, humanitarian, \u200dcivil rights activist, and graduate \u200cof Morehouse College, \u200cbut emphasized\u200c that above all, he was a devoted family man.<\/p>\n<p>Dexter Scott King was the third child of\u2064 the King family, and \u200che \u2062was only 7-years-old when his father was \u2063tragically killed\u2062 in 1968. His name was a tribute to his father&#8217;s previous role as a pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>The passing of Dexter Scott \u200cKing follows the deaths \u200dof his mother Coretta Scott \u2063King in 2006 and his sister Yolanda\u2064 King in 2007. \u2062The King family has been \u2062deeply impacted \u200cby \u200bthese losses, and the world \u2062mourns the passing of another \u2064member of this iconic family.<\/p>\n<p>The King Center released a statement \u200dexpressing their sadness over Dexter&#8217;s\u2062 passing and encouraging people to continue the fight \u200bfor justice and equality. The legacy\u2062 of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King lives on \u2064through their children and the ongoing efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rally-against-lawlessness-in-oakland\/\" title=\"Protest against lawlessness in Oakland\">create positive\u200d change<\/a> in \u2062society.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of Dexter Scott King is felt not only by his family but also by the global community that recognizes the profound impact of the \u2062King family&#8217;s contributions to civil rights and social justice. May Dexter Scott King rest in peace, knowing that\u2064 his legacy\u2063 will continue to\u200b inspire and guide future generations in \u200bthe pursuit of equality and justice for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coretta Scott King, widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, hands the Olympic Flame to her son Dexter Scott King in Atlanta. 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