The mother of former first lady Michelle Obama and mother-in-law of former President Barack Obama has died. Robinson died at ...

Marian Robinson, the mother of former first lady Michelle Obama, has died, the family said in a statement Friday. She was 86. The big picture: The Chicago-native moved into the White House after ...

She died peacefully on Friday ... without the steady hand and unconditional love of my mother, Marian Shields Robinson,” Michelle Obama wrote in her memoir. “She has always been my rock ...

It usually begins in the same way: “I want to dedicate this award to my mum/dad/notable family member…” And, as it turns out, Michelle Obama ... her mother, Marian Shields Robinson.

Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks on the second day of the ... An emotional Obama said she was last in Chicago to memorialize her mother, who died in May, but that she felt compelled to ...

Michelle Obama once described her mother as "my rock and my best friend ... After 31 years of marriage, Fraser Robinson III died in 1991. Marian stayed living in the family home in Chicago ...

Michelle Obama and her mother Marian Robinson at the Time Warner ... presence in one of the world's most stressful residences, died Friday, her family said. "We needed her. The girls needed ...