Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, is dead
He died at the age of 62, the King Center in Atlanta said.
Family members said he died after a battle with prostate cancer.
“He transitioned peacefully in his sleep at home with me in Malibu,” his wife, Leah Weber King, said in a statement.
Dexter King was an activist and served as chairman of the King Center and the president of the King Estate.
Dexter King’s brother, Martin Luther King III, said he was “deeply saddened” by the loss of his sibling.
“The sudden shock is devastating,” he said in a statement. “It is hard to have the right words at a moment like this. Please keep the entire King family in your prayers, and in particular Dexter’s wife, Leah Weber.”
His sister Rev Bernice King said words “cannot express the heart break” she felt from losing another sibling. Her sister, Yolanda King, died in 2007, a year after her mother.
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So sad