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Also Known As Myron Leon Wallace
Born May 9, 1918 • Brookline • Massachusetts
Died April 7, 2012 (aged 93) • Connecticut
Awards And Honors Emmy Award

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Coretta Scott King sits with her children and journalist Mike Wallace in a living room decorated for Christmas, with a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. on the wall behind them.
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