Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., has died at the age of 62​

ATLANTA - The King Center has introduced that Dexter Scott King, the youngest son and 0.33 child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And Coretta Scott King, has died.

King died on Jan. 22 on the age of 62 after a "valiant battle with prostate cancer," consistent with the King Center.

"He transitioned peacefully in his sleep at domestic with me in Malibu", says his pleasant pal of 21 years, his most powerful supporter and spouse of eleven years, Leah Weber King. "He gave it the entirety and battled this horrible ailment till the quit. As with all the demanding situations in his life, he faced this hurdle with bravery and can", she stated.

His sister Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of The King Center, said "words cannot specific the coronary heart damage I feel from losing another sibling. I’m praying for energy to get thru this very hard time". His brother Martin Luther King, III brought ‘‘the unexpected surprise is devastating. It is hard to have the right words at a second like this. We ask in your prayers presently for the whole King circle of relatives".

Born in Atlanta on Jan. 30, 1961, he become named after Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Bernard Law Montgomery Alabama, wherein his father served his first pastorate. He changed into the second one-born son of Dr. & Mrs. King and was simplest seven years antique when his father turned into assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. Like his father, he grew up in Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where his grandfather served as pastor. He changed into a graduate of Frederick Douglas High School, in which he performed soccer and took part in lots of different college companies. He then he observed his father’s footsteps to Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia.

The son of the civil rights icons became the family member delegated to take on the mantel of continuing the precedent his father set by using legally protective his paintings. He devoted his lifestyles to the ongoing perpetuation of his father’s legacy and the protection of the highbrow belongings (IP) his father left at the back of. At the time of his loss of life Dexter served as each Chairman of The King Center and President of the King Estate. Becoming well versed in intellectual assets law, and its control and licensing became the end result of his willpower to the delegated mission and the memory of both his parents.