Assata Shakur died on September 25, 2025, in Havana, Cuba. The cause of her death was health complications related to her advanced age. She was 78 years old at the time of her passing. Cuban officials confirmed that her death was due to health conditions and old age. She had lived in exile in Cuba since the 1980s after escaping from a U.S. prison where she was serving a life sentence for the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, a charge she denied.