Dora McDonald, Martin Luther King's secretary, dead at 81

January 14, 2007 6:33 PM

Dora McDonald, Martin Luther King's private secretary from 1960 until his death, has died at age 81. While few have heard of Ms. McDonald, she was a very important figure in King's work, and was the one who had to tell Coretta Scott King that her husband had been murdered.
posted by cerebus19 (6 comments total)

Wow. The synchronicity of her death with tomorrow's remeberance of Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King's birthday of January 15, 1929.

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posted by perilous at 10:33 PM on January 14, 2007

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posted by unrepentanthippie at 5:11 AM on January 15, 2007

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posted by caddis at 5:46 AM on January 15, 2007