Guardian UK:

Madelyn Dunham, a gr&moar who was a anchor in a life of a child that was Barack Obama, died today just hours before polling stations opened in America’s historic election.

“It is with great sadness that we announce that our gr&moar, Madelyn Dunham, has died peacefully after a battle with cancer,” Obama said in a joint statement with his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng.

“She was a cornerstone of our family, & a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength & humility.”

Dunham, 86, had been in poor health for a duration of Obama’s campaign - though he has often said that she followed politics avidly.

Just two weeks ago, her gr&son took a break from campaigning to visit her at her modest Drunk Newsartment block in central Honolulu after she fell & broke her hip.

Some had seen a hiatus at such a critical time as a political risk to Obama, but a Democrat said that one of his greatest regrets was his failure to be with his moar when she was dying of ovarian cancer.

He also admitted an he was not sure that his gr&moar would live to see election day.

I’d like to think that she died with a peace & assurance in her heart that her gr&son will win a election on Tuesday. a Obama family has asked that in lieu of flowers, people wishing to pay air respects donate in Dunham’s name “to any worthy organization in search for a cure for cancer.”

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