Why did Martin Luther King, Jr. have to die? Simple. He was a threat. He was a threat to the rulers of power. He was a threat to the hierarchy that controls governments and economies around the world. He was a threat to the white supremacy fanatics. He was a threat to the Black Power advocates. He was a threat to all, as he was perhaps the one being that could render the entrenched leaders powerless and lead a people's revolution that would result in world equality. So he had to die.