Obituary

‘The Sudden Shock Is Devastating’

Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after a battle with prostate cancer. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, said the 62-year-old son of the civil rights icon died at his home in Malibu, California. His wife, Leah […]

World Champion Pole Vaulter Dies at Age 29

A former world champion pole vaulter died Thursday at age 29. Shawn Barber, a three-time NCAA champion with the University of Akron in Ohio, died “from medical complications,” the school’s Department of Athletics said in a news release Thursday. The athlete’s specific cause of death was not released, but the university said he “had fallen ill […]