'Rest in peace, Virginia,' the Obamas wrote on Twitter. 'We know you're up there dancing.'
OLNEY, Md. — Virginia McLaurin, the centenarian who danced excitedly with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama during a 2016 White House visit, has died. She was 113.
The women then held hands as they went into an impromptu dance, the president holding McLaurin's arm."A Black president. A Black wife! And I'm here to celebrate Black history. Yeah, that's what I'm here for." Deborah Menkart, a friend who helped arrange McLaurin's 2016 visit, said it dramatically changed her life. She said McLaurin was living"very frugally" at the time but her fame spurred people to donate to a care fund for her.Later that year McLaurin appeared at a Washington Nationals baseball game and was presented with a team jersey on the field.Born March 12, 1909, in South Carolina without a birth certificate, McLaurin had been unable to get an ID card.
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