Cut it with the militaristic language and cancer.

Shitty headline:

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Youngest Son Dies at Home after Losing Battle with ‘Terrible Disease'

The people who die from cancer don't "lose battles."

Better headline:

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Youngest Son Dies at Home From Prostate Cancer

Here! No intimation that it was a "battle" and that he "lost." This headline is even more informative than the original.

Or even:

Dexter Scott King Dies at Home From Prostate Cancer

'cause, you know, the guy had a name.

I'm not going to link to the source of this shitty headline. They don't merit the publicity.

#cancer #ProstateCancer #CancerSurvivor #DexterScottKing #MilitaristicLanguage

“The third of the Kings’ four children, Dexter King was named for the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where his father served as a pastor when the Montgomery bus boycott launched him to national prominence in the wake of the 1955 arrest of Rosa Parks.

“Dexter King was just 7 years old when his father was assassinated in April 1968 while supporting striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee.”
https://apnews.com/article/4ac3c27382771b0ff26cd340918f5a16
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#dexterscottking #MLK #King #obit #CivilRights

#DexterScottKing, son of #MartinLutherKingJr and #CorettaScottKing, died of cancer today at the age of 62. In addition to carrying on his family's legacy of #CivilRights activism, he was a long-time #vegan.

I've been helping work on King's #Wikipedia page to get it in good enough shape to be included in the "Recent deaths" section of the front page of @wikipedia. If you have editing experience, feel free to chip in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_King

#BlackMastodon #DexterKing