Overview

• Her daughter, Kakuya Shakur, said in a Facebook post that Shakur died at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 25.
• Shakur was convicted in 1977 for the 1973 New Jersey Turnpike shootout that killed State Trooper Werner Foerster and escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1979.
• She resurfaced in Cuba and was granted political asylum in 1984, living there for decades and publishing a memoir.
• In 2013, she became the first woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, with the reward reported as up to $2 million by CNN and the AP, though some outlets cited $1 million.
• Her death concludes long-running U.S. efforts to secure her extradition and renews attention to her influence on Black liberation movements and hip-hop, including her role as Tupac Shakur’s godmother.