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Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham ( / ˈdʌnəm / DUN-əm; October 26, 1922 [1] – November 2, 2008) was an American banker and the maternal grandmother of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. She and her husband Stanley Armour Dunham raised Obama from age ten in their Honolulu apartment.
Nov 4, 2008 · Dunham, 86, Senator Barack Obama's grandmother, died late Sunday evening in Hawaii after battling cancer, which Obama announced upon arriving here Monday for a campaign stop on the eve of...
Nov 3, 2008 · Madelyn Payne Dunham, the maternal grandmother of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, died Monday at the age of 86 after a battle with cancer, his campaign...
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Nov 5, 2008 · By 24 hours, she missed out on discovering whether her grandson made history as the first African-American president of the United States. But Madelyn Dunham was a bit of a pioneer herself.
Nov 4, 2008 · CHARLOTTE, N.C. Madelyn Dunham, who watched from afar as her only grandson rapidly ascended the ranks of American politics to the brink of the presidency, did not live to see whether he was...
Nov 4, 2008 · Sen. Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died following a bout with cancer, Obama and his sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, said Monday.
Nov 3, 2008 · Madelyn Dunham, the 86-year-old grandmother of Barack Obama, died today in Hawaii. Dunham raised Obama with her husband for years in Honolulu while his mother was away studying and...
