Dexter Scott King, younger son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62

As an adult, Dexter King focused connected shepherding his father's bequest and protecting the King family's intelligence property.

ATLANTA -- Dexter Scott King, the younger lad of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died aft battling prostate cancer.

The King Center successful Atlanta says the 62-year-old lad of the civilian rights person died Monday astatine his California location aft battling prostate cancer.

Dexter King was named for the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church successful Alabama wherever his begetter erstwhile served arsenic pastor, and helium was conscionable 7 years aged erstwhile his begetter was assassinated successful 1968.

As an adult, Dexter King focused connected shepherding his father's bequest and protecting the King family's intelligence property. Dexter King was serving arsenic the King Center's president astatine the clip of his death.