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Article: Brother says James Earl Ray comatose, kidneys shut down
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- April 22, 1998
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04-22-1998
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ James Earl Ray is in a coma, his kidneys have shut down and doctors have given the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. only days to live, his brother said Wednesday.
Ray, 70, has been in critical condition since being taken to Nashville Memorial Hospital Monday, but officials there refuse to discuss his situation further.
``The doctor, he says it looks real bad,'' Jerry Ray said by telephone from his home in Smartt, Tenn. ``He thinks it could be a few days.''
Jerry Ray said his brother has been in a coma since Tuesday morning and that doctors haven't been able ...