Clara Ester, witness to Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, dies at 78.
Clara Ester died on July 9 at age 78. She was a 20-year-old college student when she rushed to Martin Luther King Jr.'s side after he was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968. She later worked as a community organizer in Mobile, Alabama, and served as a lay minister in the United Methodist Church.
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“Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78”
“Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78”
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Clara Ester died on July 9 at the age of 78.
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