2. King Was Shot While Sneeking a Smoke
Smoking was the norm in the 1960s, but King chose to hide his habit for the sake of his children. In the 2008 documentary, The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306, King associate Dr. Billy Kyles, who was present on the balcony at Memphis’ Lorraine Hotel when King was assassinated, claims King had stepped out to grab a smoke. In fact, a cigarette butt can be plainly seen next to King’s body in at least two of the photos captured that fateful day in 1968. In fact, Kyles claimed that, while others scrambled to save King, he took the crushed cigarette from the dying reverend’s hand.
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