"why are they speaking of her in the past?" I asked Sean. Only hearing the good stuff and wondering in my sleepy brain why they kept saying "Coretta Scott King was..." I knew she had a stroke. Somehow I forgot about it.. maybe on purpose. People like that they shouldn't be allowed to die. She was only 78. She was the standardbearer of THE DREAM after her husband died. She was a woman in her own right and yet saw that the King Center for NonViolent Social Change was created. We can't let their legacy die with them. I still didn't want to believe it.. but Sean was right "didn't you hear them?" he replied. "Coretta Scott King died this morning."here's the Chronicle article:SFGATE "Coretta Scott King, 78 dies."I still don't want to believe it.