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In Memoriam: Malikah Saban Shabazz

By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire

Malikah Shabazz
Malikah Shabazz

Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of cultural and civil rights icon Malcolm X and noted educator Dr. Betty Shabazz, was found dead inside her Brooklyn home on Monday, November 22.

Authorities said they found Shabazz, 56, unconscious and unresponsive inside her home on East 28th Street in the Midwood section of the borough just before 4:30 p.m.

Medical officials pronounced her dead a short time later. Reportedly, officials aren’t suspecting foul play.

One of six daughters born to Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, Malikah shares a twin sister, Maalka. The twins are the youngest of the Shabazz children.

Dr. Shabazz died in 1997.

In a conversation in New York last month with the Black Press of America, Ilyasah Shabazz, the third daughter in the family, remarked about the closeness of her family.

“We talk and get together as much as we can,” she said. “We are close, and we love each other. We always look forward to our Zoom get-togethers, and we love it when we can get together in person.”

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A traditional “Janaza funeral prayer” at The Islamic Cultural Center of New York was held on Saturday and the internment took place at Ferncliff Cemetery in Westchester County, NY.

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