Son of Dr. Martin Luther King Dead at Age 62

Dexter Scott King, son of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King, has died. He was only 7 years old when his father was assassinated in 1968. The third of the four King children, Dexter King followed in his father’s educational footsteps and earned a degree from Morehouse College. At the time of his death, King worked for The King Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering nonviolent social change. King had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.