US EditionAssata Shakur, Black Revolutionary and 2Pac’s Godmother, Dies at 78 - Los Angeles Weekly Times
4 Articles
4 Articles
She is said to have shot a policeman in the US and lived after her violent liberation from prison in Cuba. There she enjoyed decades of asylum – to Trump's anger.
Cuba announced on Friday the death of Assata Shakur, her real name Joanne Deborah Byron, a black American revolutionary activist, a figure in the radical struggles of the 1970s and sought by the FBI for more than forty years. She died on 25 September 2025 in Havana, at the age of 78, "due to health problems and her advanced age", according to a statement from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Assata Shakur, Black Revolutionary and 2Pac’s Godmother, Dies at 78 - Los Angeles Weekly Times
Assata Shakur, the Black revolutionary and godmother to Tupac Shakur, has died, Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported last Friday, September 26. A cause of death was not specified beyond “health conditions and advanced age.” Shakur’s daughter, Kakuya Shakur, confirmed the news in a Facebook post. “At approximately 1:15 PM on September 25th, my mother, Assata Shakur, took her last earthly breath,” she wrote. “Words cannot describe the depth…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
