Malikah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, dies at 56

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Malikah Shabazz, 1 of the daughters of Malcolm X, has died.

Law enforcement tells KABC and KNBC that the 56-year-old pistillate was recovered unresponsive successful her Brooklyn location Monday evening, and she was aboriginal pronounced dead.

At this time, authorities judge her decease is owed to earthy causes, CNN and The Associated Press report. Though, a origin of decease has not been determined.

Bernice King, a girl of Martin Luther King Jr., reacted to Shabazz’s decease connected Twitter.

“I’m profoundly saddened by the decease of #MalikahShabazz. My bosom goes retired to her family, the descendants of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X,” tweeted King. “Dr. Shabazz was large with Malikah and her duplicate sister, Malaak, erstwhile Brother Malcolm was assassinated. Be astatine peace, Malikah.”

The decease of Shabazz comes a week aft 2 men convicted with sidesplitting her begetter successful the 1960s were exonerated. A justice dismissed the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and the precocious Khalil Islam connected Thursday.

Malcolm X, a Muslim curate and civilian rights leader, was gunned down arsenic helium began a code astatine the Audubon Ballroom successful Harlem connected Feb. 21, 1965.

Shabazz and her duplicate sister were the youngest of Malcolm X’s six daughters. The twins’ parent was large with them erstwhile the activistic was assassinated.

Shabazz made headlines successful 2017 erstwhile she and her girl were arrested connected carnal cruelty charges stemming from the find of respective injured dogs recovered successful a stolen U-Haul, the AP reports.