On Monday, communities across ... age 39 in Memphis, Tennessee, by James Earl Ray, PBS said. Shortly after 6 p.m. on April 4, ...

Though assassinated at 39 years old while in Memphis, Tennessee ... was shot by James Earl Ray from a window across the street from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. On April 23, 1967, Ray escaped ...

More than fifty years ago, James Earl Ray, after driving his white Ford Mustang from Atlanta, checked into the New Rebel Motel in Memphis, Tennessee ... across the street from the Lorraine ...