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The funeral of Coretta Scott King

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Coretta Scott King
A young mourner reacts after viewing the casket of Coretta Scott King as she lies in honor in the historic Ebenezer Church on Auburn Avenue February 6, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. King's casket will lie in Ebenezer Baptist Church, where her husband the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached in the 1960s and the civil rights matriarch remained a member until her death. King died in Mexico at an alternative medicine clinic, where doctors said she was battling advanced ovarian cancer.
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Coretta Scott King
A young mourner reacts after viewing the casket of Coretta Scott King as she lies in honor in the historic Ebenezer Church on Auburn Avenue February 6, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. King's casket will lie in Ebenezer Baptist Church, where her husband the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached in the 1960s and the civil rights matriarch remained a member until her death. King died in Mexico at an alternative medicine clinic, where doctors said she was battling advanced ovarian cancer.
John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Images