"(AP photos) Assata Shakur, the godmother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur and a convicted cop killer on the FBI's most wanted list, has died in Cuba, where she was granted asylum. She was 78. Born JoAnne Deborah Byron and legally known as Joanne Chesimard after a brief marriage that ended in an annulment, Shakur died in Havana on Thursday due to health conditions and advanced age, according to a statement from Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
"A member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, Shakur was wanted by U.S. authorities after escaping from prison in 1979 and fleeing to Cuba. Two years earlier, she was convicted in the 1973 murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster, who was shot and killed when a traffic stop spiraled into a shootout. Shakur stayed in Cuba after she was granted asylum by then-President Fidel Castro."
Assata Shakur died in Havana at age 78 due to health conditions and advanced age, according to Cuba's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Born JoAnne Deborah Byron and legally Joanne Chesimard, she was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army. She was convicted in 1973 of killing New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster after a traffic stop turned into a shootout. She escaped prison in 1979, fled to Cuba, and received asylum from Fidel Castro, where she remained. U.S. authorities kept her on the most wanted list, offered a $2 million reward, and she maintained she was wrongly convicted. She was the step-aunt and godmother of rapper Tupac Shakur.
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