RIP: Yolanda King

Yolanda King, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died. She was 51.

King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. The family did not know the cause of death, but relatives think it might have been a heart problem, he said.

Yolanda King, who lived in California, was an actress, ran a production company and appeared in numerous films, including "Ghosts of Mississippi." She played Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries "King."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070516/obit-king

 

R.I.P.

 

From the song "M.L.K." by U2:

(Side note: they performed this during their halftime Super Bowl appearance)

Sleep
Sleep tonight
And may your dreams
Be realized
If the thunder cloud
Passes rain
So let it rain
Rain down on me
Mmm...mmm...mmm...
So let it be
Mmm...mmm...mmm...
So let it be
Sleep
Sleep tonight
And may your dreams
Be realized
If the thundercloud
Passes rain
So let it rain
Let it rain
Rain on me

 

RIP.

How many other King immediate family members are there?

 

Here's a performance of the song (not from the Super Bowl). Very beautiful, IMO:

 

From Wiki:

Yolanda Denise (17. November 1955, Montgomery, Alabama; died May 2007, Santa Monica, California)
Martin Luther III (23. October 1957, Montgomery, Alabama)
Dexter Scott (30. January 1961, Atlanta, Georgia)
Bernice Albertine (28. March 1963, Atlanta, Georgia)

RIP Ms. King