HONOLULU -- Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election.

"It is with great sadness that we announce that our grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died peacefully after a battle with cancer," Presidential candidate Barack Obama and his sister said in a statement ...

In 1967, Stanley Ann Dunham took her 6-year-old son, Barry, on an adventure, transplanting him to Indonesia. She did not know just how much it would change her life, and his. By Janny Scott In ...

Of the four people who helped shape young Barack Obama into the man who stands at the threshold of the American presidency, only one is left. Barack Obama does not know if his maternal grandmother, ...

HONOLULU -- Sen. Barack Obama will cancel his presidential campaign stops and return here Thursday and Friday to visit his maternal grandmother who raised him, the woman he calls "Toot," whose health ...

When Barack Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died Sunday at age 86, it was on one hand a reminder of how frail even the sturdiest human is next to the force of time. Surely this stoic and determined ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Barack Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, died late Sunday night after ...

Senator Barack Obama’s grandmother who helped raised him has passed away from cancer it was revealed today (November 3). Obama learned of Madelyn “Toot” Dunham’s death around 8:00 am, before one of ...

In some families, the person who makes everything possible is the one who stands still. Barack Obama’s grandmother Madelyn Dunham, who died on Nov. 3 at 86, was married to a man fueled by bluster and ...

Sen. Barack Obama today said Madelyn Dunham -- his grandmother who helped raise him -- died after a battle with cancer. She was 86. Late last month, Obama took time off the campaign trail to visit her ...

While he was campaigning in Florida today, Sen. Barack Obama learned that his grandmother had died. Madelyn Dunham, who raised Obama, died this morning in Hawaii after a battle with cancer. "It is ...