Monday, November 3, 2008

Barack Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died at the age of 86

Senator Barack Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham has loss her fight with the Big C (cancer) and passed away in Hawaii, she was 86.

Her grandmother is the one who guide and raised Barack and she is also the one responsible for shaping Barack's values.
"She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength and humility," Obama and his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, said in a statement. "She was the person who encouraged and allowed us to take chances."

Dunham helped raise Obama from the age of 10 while his mother was working in Indonesia, and Obama took an emotional 22-hour trip to visit her on October 23 and 24.


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