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Martin Luther King Jr. paid the hospital bill for the birth of Julia Roberts

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Fact-checking records confirm that Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King covered the hospital bill for the birth of Julia Roberts.

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In 1967, Julia Roberts’ parents couldn’t afford the hospital bill for her birth so Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King covered it.

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