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Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, who moved into the White House with the first family, helping care for her young granddaughters and providing a stabilizing presence in one of the world's most stressful residences, died Friday, her family said.
"We needed her. The girls needed her. And she ended up being our rock through it all," her family said in a statement. Robinson was 86.
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