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But it seems the good die young, yeah.
I just looked around and he was gone
On March 29, 1968, King went to Memphis, Tennessee, in support of the black sanitary public works employees, represented by AFSCME Local 1733, who had been on strike since March 12 for higher wages and better treatment.
Then, at 6:01 pm, April 4, 1968, a shot rang out as King stood on the motel's second-floor balcony. After emergency chest surgery, King died at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:05 pm.