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She died at age 51.
Sarah indeed was Madam C.J Walker's real name. Her actual name was Sarah Breedlove.
Sarah Breedlove changed her name in 1906 when she married Charles Joseph Walker she took his last name which was Walker and changed her initials to C J which stand for Charles Joseph and he used to call her madam and she liked that so she changed it to part of her name
Madam C. J. Walker, whose birth name was Sarah Breedlove, died of kidney failure and other complications related to hypertension on May 25, 1919. Source: On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by A'Lelia Bundles and www.madamcjwalker.com
Her parents were Owen and Minerva Breedlove.