Marian Robinson was 86 years old, the former first lady: “In our sadness, we are lifted by the extraordinary gift of her life”
AND’ Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, has died. The former first lady herself announced it on X, remembering her 86-year-old mother as “my rock, always there for whatever I needed”. “She has been the same constant support for our entire family,” Michelle Obama wrote. In a note from the former first lady and former president Barack Obama with his daughters and his brother Craig with his wife and children they remember what he said: ‘The whole world is full of little Craigs and little Michelles’, “for highlight the beauty and potential of every child.”
“As always, she was right. It is also true – although she adamantly denied it – that there has been and will be only one Marian Robinson. In our sadness, we are lifted by the extraordinary gift of her life. And we will spend the rest of our lives trying to live up to his example”, concludes the note.
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