Betty Shabazz Cause Of Death: How Did Malcolm X’s Wife Die?

Betty Shabazz was an American educator and civil rights activist who became a household name due to her marriage to Malcolm X. Betty and Malcolm X exchanged vows and had six children together: Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah Lumumba, Malikah and Malaak Shabazz.

Betty Shabazz was renamed Betty X after she joined her husband in the Nation of Islam in the mid-1950s. Betty Shabazz became a single widow after her husband, Malcolm X, was assassinated tone year after they left the Nation of Islam in 1964.

Betty Shabazz Cause Of Death

How Did Malcolm X’s Wife Die? Betty Shabazz was born on May 28, 1934, and died on June 23, 1997, at the age of 63 years. Betty Shabazz died of murder. According to reports, Betty Shabazz was burnt as her house was set on fire and she died just three weeks as a result of her burns and injuries. Betty was survived by her six children.