Wife of US civil rights leader Martin Luther King dies
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-05 10:32

The body of Coretta Scott King lies in honor as mourners pass by in Atlanta February 4, 2006. The wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King died on January 30, 2006 at the age of 78 and was the first woman and the first black person to lie in honor in Georgia.[Reuters]