She was 86 years old. A family statement said she passed peacefully this morning.
“My mom Marian Robinson was my rock, always there for whatever I needed,” the The Former First Lady posted on X on Friday.
The Former President Obama also posted on X, “There was and will be only one Marian Robinson,” he added.
“In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life. And we will spend the rest of ours trying to live up to her example.”
Marian Lois Shields on July 30, 1937, is the mother of Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States.
