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James Earl Ray
March 10, 1928 – April 23, 1998
American criminal, convicted for the murder of civil rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968
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James Earl Ray was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.
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- Birthday · March 10
- Anniversary · April 23
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