Malikah Shabazz, Daughter of Malcolm X Found Dead in Brooklyn

Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of the assassinated civil rights leader Malcolm X. Malikah Shabazz was 56 years old when she was found dead in her her Brooklyn home on Monday

 
 

The details of her death is still sketchy, but her lifeless body was found at home in Brooklyn by her daughter, who then alerted the authorities. 

 
 
 

Malikah was youngest of the 3 daughters and one of 6 of Malcolm X’s kids with wife Betty Shabazz. Her death was tweeted by Bernice King, daughter of the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 
 
 

Malikah’s demise comes just one week after the 2 men convicted for Malcolm X’s assassination were exonerated.

 
 
 

83-year-old Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam – who died in 2009 – were exonerated last week of the murder of Malcolm X after a long investigation that spanned several decades.

 
 
 

Malikah’s official cause of death is not yet known as the authorites are looking to uncover the story behind her death.

 
 
 
 

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