How old was Elijah Muhammad when he died?
Prof. CLEGG: Seventy-seven. LAMB: What year was that? Prof. CLEGG: 1975. LAMB: Where was he when died? Prof. CLEGG: He died in Chicago in the hospital, actually, battling heart disease. He was a very sick man by February of 1975. He had a decades-long bout with bronchial asthma. He had high blood salt. He had diabetes. So there are a number of different elements that converged to take him to the hospital in February–well, late January of 1975, but eventually his heart fails and he dies on the 25th of February, 1975. LAMB: Where was this picture taken? Do you know? Prof. CLEGG: I’m not sure. Probably at one of the Savior’s Day events in Chicago, which is a commemoration of Farad Muhammad’s life, who was Elijah’s spiritual teacher. LAMB: You call this book “An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad.” What’s an original man? Prof. CLEGG: Well, two things there I’m alluding to with the title. First of all, Elijah considered black people–people of African descent–as original
