Malikah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, found dead, NYPD says
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Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, was found dead in her home on Monday afternoon, the NYPD confirmed to CBS News. Shabazz was found by her daughter and at this point, her death is not considered suspicious, police say.
Shabazz, 56, was the one of twins who was born to Betty Shabazz after Malcolm X was killed, Bernice King tweeted late Monday. King is the youngest child of slain civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The news comes just days after a New York Supreme Court judge exonerated two of the three men convicted of killing Malcom 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."
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