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Malikah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s Daughter, Dies at 56

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Authorities told ABC News that her death did not appear to be suspicious. Her body was discovered by her daughter.Malikah Shabazz was born in 1965, just months after her father’s assassination at age 39.

She and her sister, Malaak, were named in his honor; the civil rights activist was born Malcolm Little but changed his name to Malcolm X in 1950 after joining the Nation of Islam and rejecting the name given to one of his ancestors by a slave owner.

After breaking with the Nation of Islam and converting to Sunni Islam in the early 1960s, Malcom changed his name to Malik el-Shabazz, though he continued to be referred to as Malcolm X in the media.Malikah was discovered to be dead around 4:40 p.m.

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