Marian Robinson, the mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama , has died at the age of 86. Robinson’s death was confirmed by the former First Lady on social media Friday. “My mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed,” wrote Michelle.
“She was the same steady backstop for our entire family, and we are heartbroken to share she passed away today.” In a separate statement, former President Barack Obama remembered Marian, who was a fixture at the White House during his eight years in office. “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, maybe a quick phrase that made everyone around her stop and think.
Her wisdom came off as almost innate, as something she was born with, but in reality it was hard-earned, fashioned by her deep understanding that the world’s roughest edges could always be sanded down with a little grace.” Trending Eminem Attempts to Make His Career Disappear With New Song 'Houdini' Trump Hoped 'My Juror' Would Save Him From Conviction Bad Boy for Life: Sean Combs’ History of Violence Extremists Fantasize of Violence After Trump Guilty Verdict Robinson moved to Washington, D.C.
, in 2009 after living her entire life in Chicago to help take care of her granddaughters Malia and Sasha, who were seven and 10 years old at the time. “I felt like this was going to be a very hard life for both of them,” she said in a CBS interv.
