On Monday, Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King passed away.
King, 62, died after a “valiant battle with prostate cancer,” the King Center said.
Leah Weber King, King's wife of 11 years, said in a written statement that her husband “transitioned peacefully” in his sleep at their home in California.
“He gave it everything and battled this terrible disease until the end,” Weber King said. “As with all the challenges in his life, he faced this hurdle with bravery and might.”
King followed in his father's footsteps and attended Morehouse College in Atlanta. Fox News reported that King's passion for the art led him to move to California to pursue an acting career before he ultimately devoted himself to legally protecting his father's legacy and intellectual property surrounding the King family's work.
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