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Malikah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s daughter found dead in New York
Malikah Shabazz, one of the daughters of late American activist Malcolm X, has been found dead at her home in New York.
Malikah Shabazz, one of the daughters of late American activist Malcolm X, has been found dead at her home in New York. Police said Shabazz, who was 56, was found at around 4.30 pm unresponsive in her home in Brooklyn, and later declared dead.
The news comes just days after a New York Supreme Court judge exonerated two of the three men convicted of killing Malcolm X in 1965. Judge Ellen Biben’s decision followed a two-year investigation by Manhattan’s district attorney that determined Muhammad A. Aziz, 83, and the late Khalil Islam were “wrongfully convicted.”
More so, two officials told NBC News that Ms. Shabazz was found unconscious and unresponsive just before 4.30 pm local time.
Malikah and her twin sister Malaak never met their 39-year-old father, as they were born seven months after the Black civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965.
He was shot 16 times in front of a crowd of 400 people at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, including his pregnant wife, Dr. Betty Shabazz, and three of their daughters.
The daughter of fellow civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., Bernice King, sent her condolences via social media following Ms. Shabazz’s death.
“I’m deeply saddened by the death of Malikah Shabazz. My heart goes out to her family, the descendants of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X,” Ms. King said on Twitter.
“Dr. Shabazz was pregnant with Malikah and her twin sister, Malaak, when Brother Malcolm was assassinated. Be at peace, Malikah.”
A coroner carried out an investigation at Ms. Shabazz’s home and said the death was not deemed suspicious. Her cause of death has not yet been established.
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