Dexter Scott King, the third son of American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., passed away on the 22nd. He died at the age of 62. The King Center, chaired by Dexter King, announced in a statement on this day that the third son of Reverend King, a symbol of the American civil rights movement, died at his home in Malibu, California.
“He passed away peacefully in his sleep,” Dexter King’s wife said in his statement. T
he deceased was suffering from prostate cancer. As an adult, Dexter King worked as a lawyer and took the lead in protecting his father’s legacy and the King family’s intellectual property, the Associated Press reported.
“Words cannot express my heartbreak at the loss of another close friend,” Bernice King, the deceased’s sister, said in a statement.
His older brother, Martin Luther King III, called it “an indescribable moment” and asked “please pray for our entire family.”