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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lois Beckett and agencies

Marian Shields Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86

Black woman in white and brown shirt surrounded by press at the White House
Marian Shields Robinson in the East Room of the White House in 2022, when portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died. She was 86.

Robinson’s death was announced in an online tribute by Michelle Obama, and included details of the time Robinson spent living in the White House, as an informal first grandmother to the Obama children.

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