Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr, dies of cancer at 62

Dexter King speaks to the press in 1994 (Leita Cowart/AP)

Dexter Scott King, the younger son of Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King, has died after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

The King Centre in Atlanta said the 62-year-old son of the civil rights leader died on Monday at his California home.