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Ben F. Branch (January 8, 1928 – August 27, 1987) [1] [2] was an American entrepreneur, jazz tenor saxophonist, and bandleader. Although known as the last person Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to moments before his assassination in 1968, [ 3 ] Branch had been a jazz bandleader for many years.
The Breadbasket Orchestra and Choir, with Ben Branch as musical director, performed benefits for Martin Luther King Jr. and Operation/PUSH. Just moments before being assassinated, King had asked Branch to play a Negro spiritual, "Precious Lord, Take My Hand," at a rally that was to have been held two hours later.
King's last words before his assassination was a request for musician Ben Branch to play it at a service he was due to attend that night. King's exact last words were "Ben, make sure you play 'Take My Hand, Precious Lord' in the meeting tonight. Play it real pretty."
Ben Branch and Orchestra released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1968 single "The Big One". [8] Davis released a version of the song as a single in 1968, but it did not chart. [9] O.C. Smith released a version of the song on his 1968 album Hickory Holler Revisited. [10]
Lois Irene Scott Roden (August 1, 1916 – November 10, 1986) was an American religious leader who was president of the Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventist Church, an apocalyptic Christian sect which her husband, Benjamin Roden founded.
The founder of the dynasty, William Keswick was born in 1834, in Dumfriesshire in the Scottish Lowlands.His grandmother, Jean Jardine Johnstone was an older sister of Dr. William Jardine, the founder of Jardine Matheson & Company His father Thomas Keswick had married Margaret Johnstone, Jardine's niece and daughter of Jean, and entered the Jardine business.
Michelle Jacquet Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals with Santana for their 2002 single, " The Game of Love ".
Ben Bartch (born July 22, 1998) is an American professional football guard for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Saint John's (Minnesota) and was selected in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars .