The daughter of black civil rights activist Malcolm X, Malikah Shabazz, died Monday, the New York Police Department told CNN.
Shabazz, 56, was found unconscious by her daughter at her home in Brooklyn, according to the NYPD.
Police said the death appeared to be of natural causes at this time.
Bernice King, daughter of the late Martin Luther King Jr., offered condolences.
“I am deeply saddened by the death of #MalikahShabazz. My heart goes out to her family, the descendants of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X. Dr. Shabazz became pregnant with Malikah and her twin sister, Malaak, when Mr. Malcolm was assassinated. Be at peace, Malikah,” King said on Twitter.
Shabazz is the youngest of six daughters of Malcolm X.
CNN has reached out to the Shabazz family and medical examiner’s office.
Malcolm X was one of the most powerful voices in the fight against apartheid before his death in New York in 1965.
He remains an inspirational icon to Black men and others touched by his transformation from a street hustler into a historical figure the late American actor played for. African-American Ossie Davis has hailed as “our own shining black prince.”
The assassination followed a public feud between Malcolm X and the founder of the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm X accused Muhammad of being unfaithful and left the Country in March 1964.
Last Thursday, two men convicted of assassination were exonerated in a trial.
New York County Superior Court Administrative Judge Ellen Biben recommended that the convictions of Muhammad A. Aziz and the late Muslim Khalil be dropped.
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