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Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama’s mother, dies at 86 mogaznewsen

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‘My rock’: Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama’s mother, dies at 86

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By Krissah Thompson 
| The Age
By Krissah Thompson June 1, 2024 — 11.44am , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Washington: Marian Robinson, a homemaker from the South Side of Chicago who became the first presidential in-law in generations to live in the White House after her daughter, Michelle Obama, became first lady of the United States, has died in Chicago. She was 86.
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Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother, dies at 86

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By Krissah Thompson 
| Sydney Morning Herald
Marian attended two years at a teachers' college but did not complete the program for financial reasons, her son wrote in a memoir. In her early 20s, she married Fraser Robinson and stressed the importance of education to her children, both of whom graduated from Ivy League schools. "She taught us that you can be open and honest about your own shortcomings and it doesn't necessarily mean your kids are going to adopt them," Michelle Obama once said.
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