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Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78

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Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78
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Clara Ester, an activist who as a 20-year-old college student rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died. Ester, who died on July 9 at the age of 78, was among a few remaining witnesses to King’s assassination and its immediate aftermath in Memphis. With the passi...

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