Yolanda King, dies at 51

May 16, 2007 by
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Yolanda KingYoland King, the oldest child of Dr. Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King has died after possibly suffering a heart problem. During a visit with her brother Dexter King, she apparently collapsed at the doorway and was not able to be revived. I’m sure this is a very sad time for the King family because they just buried their mom a year and a half ago in January 2006. Let’s continue to pray for the King family as the go through this time of mourning.

During a speaking engagement at the American Heart Association’s National Headquarters, my wife had the opportunity to meet her. She told me Yolanda King was a great motivational speaker and was excited about her being one of the spokespersons for their Power to End Stroke campaign. This just goes to show how important it is for us to start learning more about ways to prevent heart attacks and strokes. As African-Americans, we are more at risk than any other race to die from this. So it’s our job as a community to spread the word about the risks involved. To learn more about the campaign, visit http://www.americanheart.org.

Yolanda King and the Congressional Black Caucus Unite to Fight Stroke
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8 Comments on Yolanda King, dies at 51

  1. Villager on Sat, 19th May 2007 10:58 am

    2. I was very sad to learn of this news. Her death came so close to the death of Jerry Falwell … it made me think that Heaven was trying to balance the books in some manner. Heaven needed a positive shining light (King) to balance the books for the negative sloth of Falwell.

    Anyhow, my prayers for the family and friends of Ms. King.

    peace, Villager

  2. theo.johnson on Sun, 20th May 2007 11:44 pm

    3. Villager,

    Well said. After her passing I was watching CNN and didn’t see much coverage on it. I’m hoping I just missed it. But I did see a whole lot of coverage on Anna Nicole.

    Sad.

  3. sam on Fri, 1st Jun 2007 1:32 am

    4. PRAYERS TO THE FAMILY ON THIS DEVASTING LOSS. WHERE CAN I GET A COPY OF THE FUNERAL PROGRAM FOR MY WIFE, WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE SERVICES?

  4. Gaytha Bryant on Sun, 24th Jun 2007 4:01 pm

    5. My condolences to the entire King Family. I have a copy of Coretta Scott-King’s funeral program and would like to add Yolanda King’s also for my grandchildren and myself. Where would I be able to obtain a copy?

  5. Mary Howard on Fri, 29th Jun 2007 11:11 am

    6. I,too, agree. There was so much coverage on Anna Nichole until I thought they were trying to resurrect her. Why couldn’t we get a pdf copy of Yolanda King’s funeral program? I, too am saving things like this for my children and their children. Even had three on the I-net for James Brown. Is not the work Yolanda did important to America, especially the young African Americans?

  6. LaVerne Jackson on Mon, 30th Jul 2007 12:04 pm

    7. I’m sorry for the loss of such a young, active, socially conscious woman. My condolences to the King family. Thanks to the folk listed here for giving me the idea of saving the funeral programs that I have been keeping so that I can read them to my grandchildren and share the African-American legacy–to be passed down to the generations to come. We have paid such a bloody price to be citizens here in this great country, which economy was built on the backs of and with the blood of our people.

  7. sonjia whitfield on Fri, 25th Jan 2008 8:33 am

    8. i feel bad very bad.

  8. Branden on Sun, 13th Apr 2008 8:03 pm

    9. I would like to thank Willie Watkins the Funeral Director For giving Her a good service.

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