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Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham dies

 

Published 11/3/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

In a statement, the presidential candidate and his sister laud Dunham as 'a woman of extraordinary accomplishment.' She was 86. > Madelyn Dunham, the grandmother of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, has died of cancer, the campaign announced today. (link)

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