The Obamas are in mourning.
Marian Shields Robinson—the mother of the former first lady Michelle Obama and her grandmother and former president barack obamathe kids Malia25 i Sasha22 years old—died on the morning of May 31. He was 86 years old.
“Marian Lois Shields Robinson, our mother, mother-in-law and grandmother, had a way of summing up the truths about life in a word or two, perhaps a quick sentence that made everyone around her think,” she say the family he said in a statement shared on his social media accounts on May 31. “His wisdom came across as almost innate, like something he was born with, but it was actually hard-earned, shaped by his deep understanding that the world's roughest edges could always be polished with a little grace.” .
They continued: “As a mother, she was our support, a calm, non-judgmental witness to our triumphs and stumbles. She was always, always there, welcoming us home no matter how far we had traveled, with that deep and abiding love.”
