ATLANTA - The King Center has announced that Dexter Scott King, the youngest son and third child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died.
King died on Jan. 22 at the age of 62 after a "valiant battle with prostate cancer," according to the King Center.
"He progressed calmly in his rest at home with me in Malibu", says his closest companion of 21 years, his most grounded ally and spouse of 11 years, Leah Weber Lord. "He gave it all that and combat this awful sickness until the end. Similarly, as with every one of the difficulties in his day-to-day existence, he confronted this obstacle with dauntlessness and may", she said.
His sister Fire up. Dr. Bernice A. Ruler, Chief of The Lord Community, expressed "Words can't communicate the heartbreak I feel from losing another kin. I'm petitioning God for solidarity to get past this undeniably challenging time". His sibling Martin Luther Ruler, III added ''the unexpected shock is obliterating. It is difficult to have the right words at a second like this. We request your requests right now for the whole Lord family".
Brought into the world in Atlanta on Jan. 30, 1961, he was named after Dexter Road Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where his dad served his most memorable pastorate. He was the second-conceived child of Dr. and Mrs. King and was just seven years of age when his dad was killed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. Like his dad, he experienced childhood in Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where his granddad filled in as minister. He was an alum of Frederick Douglas Secondary School, where he played football and partook in numerous other school associations. He then, at that point, emulated his dad's example at Morehouse School in Atlanta.
The child of the social liberties symbols was the relative assigned to assume the shelf of proceeding with the point of reference his dad set by lawfully safeguarding his work. He gave his life to proceed with the propagation of his dad's inheritance and the insurance of the licensed innovation (IP) his dad abandoned. At the hour of his demise, Dexter filled in as both Chairman of The King Center and President of the King Estate. Turning out to be knowledgeable in protected innovation regulation, and its administration and authorization was the consequence of his devotion to the designated task and the memory of two his dad and mom.
Known to be modest about his uncanny likeness to his dad, he depicted him in the 2002 TV film "The Rosa Parks Story." The entertainer had an affection for imaginative expressions and at first migrated to California to seek a lifelong in acting. Yet, family obligation called and he replied, experiencing the remainder of his life adjusting the two his adoration for human expression and his obligations to the King family inheritance.
At a confidential function in July of 2013, he wedded his closest companion and long-term accomplice, Leah Weber, who is Another Orleans local, previous transmission writer, business visionary, and expert. Together they constructed an existence of adoration, support and genuine love, similar as that of Dexter's mom and father.
He was gone before in death by his dad (1968), his mom (2006) and sister Yolanda (2007). He is made due by his cherishing and committed spouse of 11 years Leah Weber Lord, and his sister Fire up. Dr. Bernice A. King, his sibling Martin Luther Lord, III, and his niece, Yolanda Renee King.
