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Dexter Scott King: 5 Things to Know About Martin Luther King Jr.’s Youngest Son Who Died at 62

Dexter Scott King, who followed in his father’s footsteps as a civil rights activist, passed away at the age of 62 on January 22.

Dexter was present for his mother’s funeral, which was held at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia on February 7, 2006. In 2014, Dexter and his brother sued their sister, Bernice, over ownership of the Nobel Peace Prize that their dad was awarded in 1964, as well as his traveling bible used by Barack Obama at the former president’s second inauguration. Dexter’s surviving sister, who is the CEO of the King Center, said in a statement that “words cannot express the heart break I feel from losing another sibling.

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