Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of civil rights activist Malcolm X, died on November 22, 2021 in Midwood, New York, United States from natural causes. She was 56.
Shabazz’s remains were found by her daughter Bettih-Bahiyah at her home in Brooklyn.
Her death came just days after two men convicted for assassinating her father Malcolm X were exonerated by a Manhattan judge, after two years of re-investigation.
Born on September 30, 1965, Malikah Shabazz was one of the twin daughters of Malcolm X and his wife Betty Sanders Shabazz. Betty was pregnant with the twins when Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights, a New York neighborhood, on February 21, 1965.
Malikah Shabazz is survived by her five sisters; Ilyasah Shabazz, Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz, Malaak Shabazz, Qubilah Shabazz and Attallah Shabazz, and her daughter Bettih-Bahiyah Shabazz.
She was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, United States.