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Coretta Scott King hospitalized
ap via boston.com ^ | 8/16/05 | staff

Posted on 08/16/2005 10:34:09 AM PDT by cloud8

The widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was admitted to an Atlanta hospital this morning for an unspecified condition. (AP, 1:21 p.m.)

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; corettaking; corettascottking; mlk; mrsmlking
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1 posted on 08/16/2005 10:34:10 AM PDT by cloud8
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To: cloud8

Breaking. The bulletin above was the entire story.
Wish her well.


2 posted on 08/16/2005 10:35:10 AM PDT by cloud8
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From WXIA-TV/DT Atlanta:

11Alive confirmed that Coretta Scott King, 78, was admitted to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday morning.

Piedmont hospital does not release the conditions of patients, but told 11Alive that King was resting comfortably.

11Alive was expecting an update from a family spokesperson.

King was born April 27, 1927. She is the widow of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Since Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Coretta Scott King has devoted much of her time to The King Center in Atlanta. The King Center assists in organizing community service projects and promotes community service and interracial cooperation.


3 posted on 08/16/2005 10:36:26 AM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: cloud8

Blessings and prayers


4 posted on 08/16/2005 10:37:23 AM PDT by Christian4Bush (The modern Democratic Party: Attacking our defenders and defending our attackers.)
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To: cloud8

Prayers...


5 posted on 08/16/2005 10:38:18 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: mhking

My prayers for her.


6 posted on 08/16/2005 10:40:19 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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To: cloud8
I got an icky feeling when I heard this in a "Fox News Alert"
Do we really need to know she is in the hospital? I hope reporters respect her right to privacy at a time like this.
7 posted on 08/16/2005 10:42:39 AM PDT by msnimje
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Hopefully she is just having a bunion removed, which would explain the Fox News Alert.


8 posted on 08/16/2005 10:43:37 AM PDT by RushCrush (The mediocre always throw stones at the brilliant.)
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To: cloud8

Prayers for her recovery!


9 posted on 08/16/2005 10:48:09 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Tampa Bay, Fl. The lightning capital of the world!)
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To: mhking

Prayers for her.


10 posted on 08/16/2005 10:48:25 AM PDT by Howlin
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I join in prayer for her healing!!!


11 posted on 08/16/2005 10:49:52 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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"Hopefully she is just having a bunion removed, which would explain the Fox News Alert."

Only if the removed bunion was somehow a clue in the Natalie Holloway disappearance then it would definitely have been a Fox News Alert.

12 posted on 08/16/2005 10:59:16 AM PDT by blaquebyrd
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Don't you know that since there is no sign of Natalee Holloway in Aruba or Alabama, there never was a Natalee Holloway. Isn't that the way it worked with the WMDs?


13 posted on 08/16/2005 11:06:25 AM PDT by mak5
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To: msnimje

When it comes to national figures, yes, we do have a need to know.


14 posted on 08/16/2005 11:06:35 AM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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To: OldFriend
When it comes to national figures, yes, we do have a need to know.

Normally I would agree with you but she is not in elected office, she is not a movie star or a person seeking any sort of publicity. She is just an old woman who is ill and deserves not to have a bunch of vultures outside her hospital clamoring to picture of her looking ill.

15 posted on 08/16/2005 11:19:54 AM PDT by msnimje
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To: cloud8

Prayers for Mrs. King.


16 posted on 08/16/2005 11:20:13 AM PDT by crispy78 (Congressional Motto: Republicans by day, Democrats by night.)
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To: cloud8

She's no youngster, so even a head cold potentially could be serious. I wish her well too. I often think her husband is spinning in his grave when he sees what his "descendants" (Jessie Jackson, et al.) have done to his dream.


17 posted on 08/16/2005 11:29:40 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: msnimje

We will have to disagree.


18 posted on 08/16/2005 11:43:53 AM PDT by OldFriend (MERCY TO THE GUILTY IS CRUELTY TO THE INNOCENT ~ Adam Smith)
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To: cloud8

Prayers for Mrs. King and her family.


19 posted on 08/16/2005 1:36:09 PM PDT by hoosiermama
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To: mhking
i will light candles for her.

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20 posted on 08/16/2005 2:26:41 PM PDT by stand watie (being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
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