Krissah Thompson

Washington, D.C.

Managing Editor at The Washington Post

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Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama’s mother, dies at 86 mogaznewsen

May 31, 2024 | en.mogaznews.com | Krissah Thompson

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Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother, dies at 86

May 31, 2024 | smh.com.au | Krissah Thompson

Marian attended two years at a teachers' college but did not complete the program for financial reasons, her son wrote in a memoir. In her early 20s, she married Fraser Robinson and stressed the importance of education to her children, both of whom graduated from Ivy League schools. "She taught us that you can be open and honest about your own shortcomings and it doesn't necessarily mean your kids are going to adopt them," Michelle Obama once said.
Marian Robinson, mother of first lady Michelle Obama, dies at 86

May 31, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Krissah Thompson

Marian Robinson, a homemaker from the South Side of Chicago who became the first presidential in-law in generations to live in the White House after her daughter, Michelle Obama, became first lady of the United States, died May 31 in Chicago. She was 86. The family announced the death in a statement but did not provide a cause. Mrs. Robinson, who often was called Mrs.
How will O.J. Simpson be remembered?

Apr 11, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Ted Muldoon |Monica Campbell |Lucy Perkins |Rennie Svirnovskiy |Emma Talkoff |Elana Gordon | +2 more

Simpson grew up in a poor neighborhood in San Francisco, and eventually rose to NFL stardom playing for the Buffalo Bills and later the San Francisco 49ers. He was one of the most well- known and well-liked personalities off the field, too, and was a sports commentator and appeared in more than 20 movies. But his private life was much darker. During his marriage to Nicole Brown Simpson, his wife repeatedly called 911 asking for protection.