Please answer the following question: What key details about james earl ray can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: james earl ray -lrb- march 10 , 1928 -- april 23 , 1998 -rrb- was an american convicted of the assassination of activist martin luther king , jr. . ray was convicted on march 10 , 1969 , after entering a guilty plea to forgo a jury trial . had he been found guilty by jury trial , he would have been eligible for the death penalty . he was sentenced to 99 years in prison . he later recanted his confession and tried unsuccessfully to gain access to a retrial . in 1998 , ray died in prison of complications due to chronic hepatitis c infection .
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- conviction is murder , prison escape , -lrb- divorced -rrb-- death place is nashville , tennessee , united states- image name is james earl ray.jpg- death cause is hepatitis c- death date is 23 april 1998- image caption is mug shot of ray taken in 1955- birth date is 10 march 1928- name is james earl ray .- parents is james gerald ray- birth place is alton , illinois , united states