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Michele Obama's mother passed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce551e71vl4o
Marian Robinson, the mother of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at 86, her family has announced.
In a statement, the Obamas said that Robinson had died "peacefully" on Friday morning.
Robinson was a well-known fixture at the White House during the eight years of Barack Obama's administration between 2009 and 2017.
She spent much of that time taking care of her two granddaughters, Michelle and Barack Obama's daughters Malia and Sasha.
In a statement posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Mrs Obama called Robinson her "rock, always there for whatever I needed".
"She was the same steady backstop for our entire family, and we are heartbroken to share she passed away today," she wrote.
In a separate tweet, Mr Obama said that “there was and will be only one Marian Robinson”.
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Moms pass..💙 
I am so glad that President Biden is our POTUS
Link to tweet
We knew Mrs. Marian Robinson as a devoted mother and grandmother with a fierce and unconditional love of her family. With the blessing of friendship, we felt that love ourselves – with every quiet smile or warm embrace she shared with us.
She believed, like we do, that family is the beginning, middle and end. She moved into the White House to be there for her family when they needed her the most, and in so doing, she served her country right alongside them. Her life is a reminder that we are a great nation because we are a good people.
The entire Biden family sends its deepest love to Michelle, Craig, Barack, Kelly, and the six irrepressible grandchildren whom she helped to raise and so loved, and in whom her kind and gentle spirit lives on.
May she rest in peace with her beloved Fraser.
May God bless Mrs. Marian Robinson.
She believed, like we do, that family is the beginning, middle and end. She moved into the White House to be there for her family when they needed her the most, and in so doing, she served her country right alongside them. Her life is a reminder that we are a great nation because we are a good people.
The entire Biden family sends its deepest love to Michelle, Craig, Barack, Kelly, and the six irrepressible grandchildren whom she helped to raise and so loved, and in whom her kind and gentle spirit lives on.
May she rest in peace with her beloved Fraser.
May God bless Mrs. Marian Robinson.
