What is Dexter King?
[[Image:Dexter King 1999.jpg|thumb|King in 1999]] '''Dexter Scott King''' (January 30, 1961 – January 22, 2024) was an [[Americans|American]] [[civil rights]] [[activism|activist]]. He was the son of activists [[Coretta Scott King]] and Reverend [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]. He was the brother of [[Martin Luther King III]], [[Bernice King]] and [[Yolanda Denise King]]. King was born in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. He was named for [[Dexter Avenue Baptist Church]] in [[Montgomery, Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|title=King, Dexter Scott|publisher=Stanford University|url=https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/king-dexter-scott|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref> King was seven years old when his father was [[murder]]ed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fifty Years after King's Death, His Children are Still Grieving|publisher=The Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-mlk-children-mourn-after-50-years-20180403-story.html|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref> King died of [[prostate cancer]] at his home in [[Malibu, California]], on January 22, 2024, at the age of 62, just eight days short of his 63rd birthday.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dexter Scott King, younger son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62 |url=https://apnews.com/article/dexter-scott-king-dies-son-martin-luther-king-4ac3c27382771b0ff26cd340918f5a16|access-date=22 January 2024 |publisher=Associated Press |date=22 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., has died at the age of 62 |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/dexter-scott-king-son-of-martin-luther-king-jr-has-died-at-the-age-of-62 |access-date=22 January 2024 |publisher=Fox5 Atlanta |date=22 January 2024}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Dexter}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from prostate cancer]] [[Category:African-American people]] [[Category:American civil rights activists]] [[Category:People from Atlanta]] {{us-bio-stub}}