# Coretta Scott King has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-has-died/342340>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 31, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-has-died/342340 "2006-01-31T13:54:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-has-died/342340/1 "2006-01-31T13:54:33Z")

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Coretta Scott King, widow of MLK Jr and a civil rights leader in her own right, has [died](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060131/ap_on_re_us/obit_king) at age 78.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-has-died/342340/2 "2006-01-31T13:57:33Z")

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Whoops, I scanned the front page and somehow still managed to miss the other obituary thread. Perhaps this can be the non-snarky thread and the snarkiness can be kept in the original thread where it started.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-has-died/342340/3 "2006-01-31T22:57:24Z")

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Holy cow. This forum needs a serious renaming.