Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died on January 30, 2006, after arriving at a rehabilitation center in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. Her public funeral followed eight days later at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in …

Apr 2, 2014 · Coretta suffered a heart attack and stroke in August 2005. She died less than six months later, on January 30, 2006, while seeking treatment for ovarian cancer at a clinic in Playas de...

Coretta Scott King died in the late evening of January 30, 2006, [166] at the rehabilitation center in Mexico, in the Oasis Hospital where she was undergoing holistic therapy for her stroke and advanced-stage ovarian cancer.

Jan 26, 2025 · Coretta Scott King died on January 30, 2006, in Rosarito, Mexico, at the age of 78. News • The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day • Jan. 15, 2025, 5:17 PM ET (AP) ...

Jan 31, 2006 · Coretta Scott King died at an alternative medicine clinic in Mexico. Doctors at the clinic said King was battling advanced ovarian cancer when she arrived Thursday. They said the cause...

Feb 1, 2006 · Coretta Scott King, known first as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., then as his widow, then as an avid proselytizer for his vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change, died...

Jan 31, 2006 · Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband’s assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died. She was 78.

Jan. 31, 2006 -- Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., has died. She was 78. Scott King was admitted to Atlanta's Piedmont Hospital on Aug. 16, 2005, suffering from a stroke that left her weakened on her right side, unable to walk, and barely able to …

Jan 30, 2006 · After King’s assassination on 4 April 1968, Coretta Scott King devoted much of her life to spreading her husband’s philosophy of nonviolence. Just days after his death, she led a march on behalf of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee.

Jan 31, 2006 · Coretta Scott King, first known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., then as his widow, then as an avid proselytizer for his vision of racial peace and non-violent social...