Talmadge Hayer
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Talmadge Hayer was one of the convicted assassins of Malcolm X. He was 22 years old at the time of the killing. He was 5'11" and 180 pounds, and lived on Marshall Street, in Paterson, New Jersey. He was a member of the Fruit of Islam, and had been previously arrested on 1961 and 1963 for disorderly conduct and possession of stolen guns respectively.