Wednesday, May 16, 2007
News Atlanta mourns loss of Yolanda King
Posted by Amber Robinson on Wed, May 16, 2007 at 2:11 PM
Yolanda King, daughter of MLK, dies at 51
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) May 16, 2007 -- Yolanda Denise King, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through acting and motivational speaking, has died. She was 51.
King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, California, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. The family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem, he said.
Sad news today for Atlanta.
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