Malcolm X’s daughter Malikah Shabazz found dead in her NYC home

A daughter of Malcolm X was found dead Monday inside her Brooklyn home, sources said.

Malikah Shabazz, 56, was discovered by her daughter inside the Midwood residence at about 4:40 p.m., the sources said.

Investigators do not suspect foul play, sources said. An autopsy will determine Shabazz’s cause of death.

“I’m deeply saddened by the death of Malikah Shabazz,” Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., said in a post on Twitter.

“My heart goes out to her family, the descendants of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X. Dr. Shabazz was pregnant with Malikah and her twin sister, Malaak, when Brother Malcolm was assassinated.”

Malikah Shabazz and her twin sister Malaak are the youngest of six daughters of Malcolm X.

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