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She is gone, and the silence around her feels unbearable.
Marian Robinson, the quiet force behind Michelle Obama, slipped away at 86, leaving a family — and a country — stunned. She was the steady presence behind history, the grandmother in the White House, the South Side mother who never asked for spotlights. Michelle called her “my rock.” Barack called continue reading …