RIP: Barack Obama's Grandmother Madelyn Dunham Dies

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Senator Barack Obama’s grandmother Madelyn Dunham has passed away after a long battle with cancer at the age of 86.

Obama took off from his campaign on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23 to visit his grandmother.

“It is with great sadness that we announce that our grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died peacefully after a battle with cancer,” Obama said in a joint statement with his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng. “She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility.”

Dunham helped raise Obama from the age of 10 while his mother was working in Indonesia.

Click here to see a slide show of Barack with his grandmother.