Marian Robinson, mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, has died. The family reported it themselves in one statement.

She lived 86 years.

Death statement

The Obama family issued a statement on Friday morning, US time, regarding the death. It is signed by Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and several family members.

“Marian Louise Shields Robinson—our mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother—had a gift for summing up the facts of life in a word or two, perhaps with a quick phrase that would make everyone around her stop and think,” the article said, among other things there.

– We are devastated

– My mother was my rock, she was always there for me, no matter what I needed, writes Michelle Obama X.

Our hearts are broken to share with her that she died today, and she continues.

– Try to live up to her example

The former president has also moved to the messaging service X To write about protectors.

– There has been, and there will be only one Marian Robinson. In our grief, the extraordinary gift of her life lifts us up. We will spend the rest of our lives trying to live up to her example, Barack Obama wrote.