Assata Shakur, former Black Liberation Army member and FBI fugitive, has died in Havana at 78. Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, received political asylum in Cuba after escaping a New Jersey prison in 1979. Convicted for her role in a 1973 shootout that killed a state trooper, she was on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list with a $2 million reward. Her death was attributed to health ailments and advanced age.

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