{"id":2257124,"date":"2024-05-31T20:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T00:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michelle-obamas-mother-marian-robinson-has-died\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T20:20:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T00:20:19","slug":"breaking-michelle-obamas-mother-marian-robinson-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michelle-obamas-mother-marian-robinson-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Marian Robinson, Mother of Michelle Obama, Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-michelle-obamas-mother-marian-robinson-has-died%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2257124&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Marian \u200bRobinson, the mother-in-law of\u2063 former President Barack Obama, \u2063passed away at the age of 86. Described as pivotal in the Obama White \u2062House, she lovingly \u200ccared for Sasha and Malia. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-rapper-dmx-dies-aged-50-one-week-after-heart-attack-according-to-family-a-warrior-who-fought-till-the-very-end\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Rapper DMX Dies Aged 50, One Week After Heart Attack, According To Family. \u2018A Warrior Who Fought Till The Very End\u2019\">family statement<\/a> highlighted her wisdom and grace, emphasizing her\u200b profound impact on their \u200blives. Michelle Obama \u2064expressed deep sorrow\u200d at the loss of her rock and steady support. Marian Robinson, the mother-in-law of former President Barack Obama, has sadly passed away at 86. Known for her pivotal role in the Obama White House, she nurtured Sasha and Malia \u200dwith love. Her legacy \u200cof wisdom and grace deeply impacted their lives. Michelle Obama mourns the loss of her pillar of strength and unwavering support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 31, 2024 at 4:52pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Marian Robinson, former President Barack Obama\u2019s mother-in-law, died Friday at the age of 86, according to the family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/marian-robinson-president-barack-obamas-mother-law-passes\/story?id=110729102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a> called her \u201ca fixture in the Obama White House [who] resided there during his tenure to help watch over the first couple\u2019s daughters, Sasha and Malia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe passed peacefully this morning, and right now, none of us are quite sure how exactly we<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haley-socialism-is-standing-in-the-way-of-social-justice\/\" title=\"HALEY: Socialism Is Standing In The Way Of Social Justice\">\u2019ll move<\/a> on without her,\u201d a family statement said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/marian-robinson-michelle-obamas-mother-dies-86-rcna154791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RIP Marian Robinson, mother of former first lady, Michelle Obama. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t6Rr6pfIH8\">pic.twitter.com\/t6Rr6pfIH8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Betty Moore (@morebetje20) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morebetje20\/status\/1796665949472305253?\">May 31, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The family statement said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mothers-day-coming-michelle-obama-reveals-feelings-motherhood-cost-aspirations-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robinson<\/a> left Chicago with \u201ca healthy nudge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe needed her. The girls needed her. And she ended up being our rock through it all,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe relished her role as a grandmother. \u2026 And although she enforced whatever household rules we\u2019d set for bedtime, watching TV, or eating candy, she made clear that she sided with her \u2018grandbabies\u2019 in thinking that their parents were too darn strict,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said she preferred privacy to pretense.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will Michelle Obama ever run for President?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cRather than hobnobbing with Oscar winners or Nobel laureates, she preferred spending her time upstairs with a TV tray, in the room outside her bedroom with big windows that looked out at the Washington Monument,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only guest she made a point of asking to meet was the Pope,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>NBC said the family statement came from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michelle-obama-bomb-couldnt-stand-barack-10-years-happy-2-3-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle and Barack Obama<\/a>; Craig Robinson and his wife, Kelly; and Marian Robinson\u2019s grandchildren, Avery, Leslie, Malia, Sasha, Austin and Aaron.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer wisdom came off as almost innate, as something she was born with, but in reality it was hard-earned, fashioned by her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-reveals-new-centrifuge-says-enrich-uranium-50-times-quicker\/\" title=\"Iran reveals new centrifuge, says enrich uranium 50 times quicker\">deep understanding<\/a> that the world\u2019s roughest edges could always be sanded down with a little grace,\u201d the family statement said, according to ABC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed. She was the same steady backstop for our entire family, and we are heartbroken to share she passed away today,\u201d Michelle Obama \u00a0wrote in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MichelleObama\/status\/1796663168418070565\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\">social media platform X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed. She was the same steady backstop for our entire family, and we are heartbroken to share she passed away today. We wanted to offer some reflections on her remarkable life: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F7T6q625PC\">https:\/\/t.co\/F7T6q625PC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleObama\/status\/1796663168418070565?\">May 31, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne of my biggest blessings is getting to see my granddaughters grow up before my eyes. My job here is the easiest one of all: I just get to be Grandma,\u201d Robinson wrote in a 2012 essay for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essence.com\/news\/marian-robinson-grandmother-reflects-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson said in the role of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/zg-michelle-obama-loses-cartoon-character-mothers-day-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grandmother<\/a>, \u201cI do everything that grandmothers do that they\u2019re not supposed to,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/obituaries\/2024\/05\/31\/marian-robinson-mother-of-michelle-obama-dead-obituary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cI have candy, they stay up late \u2026 they watch TV as long as they want to, we\u2019ll play games until the wee hours,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">desperately needed truth<\/a> to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marian Robinson, the mother-in-law of former President Barack Obama, passed away at 86 on Friday. 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