Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama’s Mother, Dies at 86

Marian Shields Robinson, the mother of former First Lady Michelle Obama, has died, her family said in a statement Friday. She was 86. “She passed peacefully this morning, and right now, none of us are quite sure how exactly we’ll move on without her,” the family statement said. The statement, signed by Mrs. Robinson’s children, their spouses, and grandchildren, did not include the cause of death. Mrs. Robinson was born in Chicago in 1937 and grew up in the city’s South Side. Early in her life, she attended two years of teaching college before working as a bank secretary. After marrying Fraser Robinson in 1960, she became a stay-at-home mother and, together with her husband, raised their daughter, Michelle, and son, Craig Robinson. Fraser Robinson died in 1991 from multiple sclerosis....