As per our current Database, Alex Haley has been died on Feb 10, 1992 (age 70).
When Alex Haley die, Alex Haley was 70 years old.
| Popular As | Alex Haley |
| Occupation | Autobiographer |
| Age | 70 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 11, 1921 (Ithaca, NY) |
| Birthday | August 11 |
| Town/City | Ithaca, NY |
| Nationality | NY |
Alex Haley’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Alex Haley was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
Author who received a Pulitzer Prize for Roots: The Saga of an American Family. He also received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for his work on The Autobiography of Malcolm X.
He began studying at Alcorn State University in his mid-teens and later transferred to Elizabeth City State College. He left school to join the military and he served in the Coast Guard for twenty-one years, first as a mess attendant and later as a Petty Officer Third Class.
He co-wrote Malcolm X's autobiography.
He was born in Ithaca, New York to Alabama A&M agriculture professor, Simon Haley. He was married three times: to Nannie Branch, Juliette Collins, and Myra Lewis. He had two daughters, Cynthia and Lydia, and a son, william.
He once interviewed jazz musician Miles Davis for Playboy Magazine.
