Malcolm X's Daughter Found Dead
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New York Police says Malcolm X's daughter, Malikah Shabazz, was found dead in her house, a few days after the exoneration of two men who spent decades in prison for the murder of her father.
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New York Police said Shabazz, 56, was found unconscious by her daughter on Monday afternoon.
Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of the civil rights leader Malcolm X, was found dead in her home in Brooklyn.
New York Police said Shabazz, 56, was found unconscious by her daughter on Monday afternoon.
“At this point in time, working with other authorities, the medical examiner, and speaking to the family, she had been ill for a period of time, and at this point, nothing appears suspicious,” the NYPD commissioner, Dermot Shea told media.
Malikah and her twin sister, Malaak, were Malcolm X's youngest daughters from his wife Betty, said Bernice King, a minister and one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughters, as she shared her condolences.
I’m deeply saddened by the death of #MalikahShabazz. My heart goes out to her family, the descendants of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) November 23, 2021
Dr. Shabazz was pregnant with Malikah and her twin sister, Malaak, when Brother Malcolm was assassinated.
Be at peace, Malikah. pic.twitter.com/YOlYoW4xDC
Their mother was pregnant with them when Malcolm X was assassinated on 21 February 1965.
Shabaz’s death came a few days following a Manhattan District Attorney announced, after two years of re-investigation, the exoneration of two men who spent decades in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Malcolm X.
