| Betty Shabazz  AKA Betty Jean Sanders
Born: 28-May-1936
Birthplace: Detroit, MI
Died: 23-Jun-1997
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Accident - Misc
Gender: Female
Religion: Sunni Muslim
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Widow of Malcolm X In June 1997, Shabazz was trapped in a fire was set by her twelve-year-old grandson, Malcolm Shabazz (son of Qubilah, who was a drug addict at the time), in their apartment in Yonkers, NY. Shabazz died three weeks later, from 3rd degree burns covering 95% of her body. Father: Shelman Sandlin (Betty is his illegitimate daughter)
Husband: Malcolm X (m. 14-Jan-1958, d. 1965 assassination, six daughters)
Daughter: Attallah (b. 1958)
Daughter: Qubilah (b. 1960, arrested Jan-1995 for hiring a hit man to kill Louis Farrakhan.)
Daughter: Ilyasah (b. 1963)
Daughter: Gamilah (b. 1964)
Daughter: Malaak (twin, b. 1965)
Daughter: Malikah (twin, b. 1965)
University: Tuskegee Institute (left to study nursing)
University: RN and BA, Brooklyn State Hospital School of Nursing (1958)
University: BA and MA Public Health Education, Jersey City State College
University: PhD Education Administration, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1975)
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Nation of Islam
Converted to Islam
Religious Mission: Hajj
Caught Fire June 1997, Yonkers NY
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Unfaithfully Yours (10-Feb-1984)
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