# @comiclonilove on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C2LRlhBAaEW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10705970-comiclonilove-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-16T21:26:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Loni Love (@comiclonilove) — https://gondola.cc/comiclonilove

## Caption

After MLK’s death, his younger brother A.D. King, was found dead in his pool. A.D. was a great swimmer so the family questioned his death. 
_____________________________________________________The cause of his death was listed as an accidental drowning. However, it is likely that the stress of his brother’s high-profile activist work and the trauma of his assassination exacerbated A.D.’s heart problems (a rumor disclaimed by his wife Naomi Ruth Barber King), of which there was a family history: three of A.D.’s children later died of heart attacks—Alfred Jr. in 1986, Darlene at age 20 in 1976 and Vernon at age 49 in 2009; his father, Martin Luther King Sr., also died of a heart attack in 1984; his niece Yolanda King (Martin’s daughter) died at age 51 in 2007.  ____________________________________________________A.D. supported his older brother’s movement, always there when needed but preferred not to be in the spotlight. #mlkweek #history

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