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Michelle and Barack Obama Mourn the Death of Her Mother Marian Robinson

Michelle and Barack Obama's family released a statement on the death of their matriarch on Friday. She was 86 years old.

The tribute recalls Marian's tough upbringing on the South Side of Chicago, and how she supported Michelle and her brother, Craig Robinson, through all their career and personal milestones. She was frequently pictured accompanying the family aboard Air Force One or at certain public events, though the tribute shares the humble detail that, during her time at the White House, "The only guest she made a point of asking to meet was the Pope." "Yet we are comforted by the understanding that she has returned to the embrace of her loving Fraser, that she's pulled up her TV tray next to his recliner, that they're clinking their highball glasses as she's catching him up with the stories about this wild, beautiful ride.

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