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    Madelyn Dunham

    Barack Obama's grandmother died in Honolulu of cancer at age 86, on the eve of Election Day.

    Amanda Dobbins
    by Amanda Dobbins

    Community Contributor

    Madelyn raised Obama from the age of 10 but had not been able to campaign for Obama because of her health.

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