Senator Barack Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunhama, a central figure in his life who helped raise him during his teen-age years, died in Hawaii this morning.
Mr. Obama, who left the presidential campaign trail last week to travel to Honolulu to bid her farewell, announced the death in a statement released by his spokesman this afternoon. Her death comes one day shy of Election Day.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that our grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died peacefully after a battle with cancer,” Mr. Obama said in a statement. “She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility. She was the person who encouraged and allowed us to take chances.”
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One day too soon. How sad. But I think she knew.
So sad she didn't get to see him win tomorrow.
Yes, I see this as a sign. I think she knows it will be ok, so she went on Home.
Laugh if you like, after the last 8 years, I hafta believe...
Colonel, I was coming here to say the SAME DAMNED THING! My comment was going to be "she held out long enough to say goodbye and to know that it was going to be alright."
I'm COVERED in goosebumps right now. Holy crap; that's kinda creepy...
It's gonna be ok.
RIP. Barack looks like he should be on a episode of Welcome Back Kotter in that photo.
MP told me this when I got home this evening, and I started crying. I didn't expect to be affected that strongly, but I just felt so sad that she didn't live to see tomorrow.
I would like to think she knew she had done all that she could for him and now he was ready to be on his own.
I cried when I heard the news too. I guess I feel like he's part of my family now and what hurts him, hurts me.
I had so much respect for Obama when he still continued to campaign despite his personal loss and pain. (This is in addition to the mountain of respect I already had for him.) He stood up there on that stage with grace and dignity and did what he knew his grandmother would want him to do, finish the job and bring home that victory. How can you NOT want a man like that to lead our country?
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