"March 16, 2017 - A painting of jazz saxophonist Ben Branch and other momentos rest in a corner of the living room in the home of his widow, Vivian Branch. Mr. Branch was the musician who spoke to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. moments before he was shot at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. Mrs. Branch said King asked her husband to play ""Precious Lord"" and to play it real pretty. ""And Ben said he told him, 'You know I will,' Branch recalled. ""He said as soon as he said that, shots came from behind them, which is from the west side, and Dr. King hit the balcony. Nobody was on the balcony but Dr. King at the time from my understanding."""
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