Overview
- The Nation of Islam’s Shura Executive Council announced that Mother Khadijah Farrakhan died on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at age 90.
- She and Louis Farrakhan were married for 72 years, raised nine children and endured recent family losses when two sons died in 2018 and 2023.
- Long known as the movement’s First Lady, she ran early administrative operations from the couple’s Chicago home, designed women’s uniforms and led youth programs such as Mother Khadijah’s Children’s Village.
- Her public work included a speech at the 1997 Million Woman March in which she urged stronger families and greater leadership by women.
- The Nation of Islam has not released a cause of death or Janazah details, Louis Farrakhan survives her, and the organization says it will announce funeral arrangements when available.