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Just read the news on CNN that Barack Obama’s grandmother died.

Just over a week after he took a break from the campaign trail to visit his ailing grandmother, Barack Obama’s campaign said that 85-year-old Madelyn Dunham had died “peacefully” after a battle with cancer.

“She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility,” said Obama and half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng in a statement released by the campaign Monday afternoon. “She was the person who encouraged and allowed us to take chances. She was proud of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and left this world with the knowledge that her impact on all of us was meaningful and enduring. Our debt to her is beyond measure.

Obama and Soetoro-Ng said there would be a “small private ceremony at a later date.”

Dunham helped raise the Illinois senator during his teen years in Honolulu.

It makes me sad to know that if Obama does win, his win will not be the celebration it should be.

May Ms. Dunham rest in peace, and her family be comforted by the incredible life they know she led.