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He was assassinated.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by a man with the name James Earl Ray, who shot him with a rifle. Dr. King was shot on April 4, 1968 on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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∙ 6y agoDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by a man named James Earl Ray, who shot him with a sniper rifle. Dr. King was shot on April 4, 1968 on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee.
The bullet traveled through the right side of his neck, smashing his throat and then going down to his spinal cord before lodging in his shoulder. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where doctors opened his chest and performed manual heart massage. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King's murderer, James Earl Ray, was captured two months later. And was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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∙ 15y agoKing was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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∙ 15y agoIn Memphis,Tennessee April 4 1968 by assassination with rifle
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∙ 16y agohe died on a balcony after being shot in the neck
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∙ 13y agohe got shot in the head.
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∙ 14y agoJames Earl Ray April 4th 1968.
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His full name is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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What date was Martin Luther King jr assassinated?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the fourth of April in 1968.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's. He was called by many names such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. King, and ML.
