Michelle Obama Fans Send 'Sincerest Condolences' as She Fights Back Tears in Vulnerable Life Reflection

Michelle Obama Fans Send 'Sincerest Condolences' as She Fights Back Tears in Vulnerable Life Reflection

Michelle Obama Fans Send 'Sincerest Condolences' as She Fights Back Tears in Vulnerable Life Reflectionoriginally appeared onParade. Michelle Obamais reflecting on the greatest lesson she's learned about life. The wisdom came by way of her late mom,Marian Robinson, who passed away on May 31, 2024, at the age of 86. During a recent podcast chat, the former first lady, 61, recalled just three words her mother spoke amid her final days that left a lasting impression on theBecomingauthor: "This went fast." The recollection was triggered by a question posed byWild CardhostRachel Martin: "How often do you think about death?" In a video of the poignant response shared via Instagram on July 1, Obama fought back tears as she explained her answer, while also remembering her mom. "I think you're the first person I've shared this with publicly," the mother-of-two admitted. "We were sitting on the couch watching one of her court shows, and she was starting to realize she's coming to the end." Related:Kathie Lee Gifford, 71, Becomes Overwhelmed With Emotion While Sharing Reflective Health Update The Harvard Law School alum and attorney revealed that during her mother's final year of life, she had fallen extremely ill, with her body starting to shut down for various different reasons. Though she noted that Robinson had "prepared her for death," often quipping, "Who needs to be old? People [are] around too long," and other similar sentiments, when the end of her life ultimately began to approach, "she leaned over to me and she said, 'Wow, this went fast.' And I held her hand and I said, 'What are you talking about?' And she said, 'Life.'" "What that told me was that even when you tell yourself you're ready; if you're living a good life, you'reneverreally ready for it to end, right?" Obama added. "So I hope I feel that way. Even though I will be ready for it, you know, because it's been good and purposeful that I'll feel like I wish I had more time." The wife ofPresident Barack Obama's voice quivered as she became teary-eyed during the powerful moment of transparency. "So I'm trying to live my life like that," she concluded. View this post on Instagram A post shared by theGrio (@thegrio) Fans in the comment section of the post praised her vulnerability. "Wow that was really a good reminder to cherish the moments and live your life to the fullest ❤️," one wrote, while another agreed, "Absolutely, life is fast! I'm seeing it every day!" More comments read, "Someone told me to be intentional about everything that I do! Changed a lot for me," "Wow. Don't waste time on meaningless things. Powerful," "Life is short! Have fun and create memories! 🤎," and "Leaving a mark on us all🥺." Two more applauded, "Her candor helps so many people reflect about life and choose to live better," and "I love her mind and soul so much more now than ever. Perspective is fluid and I love her for this ✨," while an additional Instagram user declared, "Yes. This made me cry." Some also expressed sadness for her major loss, which obviously still brings up raw emotions, as the grieving process usually does. "❤️ It's the truth and reality of life, RIH to her mother words of wisdom even thru death speaks volume 😞," a viewer added, with one including, "Sincerest condolences ❤️🙏, yep slow down and grab whatever happiness you can and live life to the fullest in spite of tumultuous times we are forced to endure." Catch the full podcast episodehere. Next:Fans Experience 'Magnificent Emotions' as Two Iconic Talents Have Unexpected Run-In: 'Unstoppable Duo' Michelle Obama Fans Send 'Sincerest Condolences' as She Fights Back Tears in Vulnerable Life Reflectionfirst appeared on Parade on Jul 2, 2025 This story was originally reported byParadeon Jul 2, 2025, where it first appeared.

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Michelle Obama Fans Send 'Sincerest Condolences' as She Fights Back Tears in Vulnerable Life Reflection

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Princess Kate speaks of "roller coaster" cancer recovery

Princess Kate speaks of "roller coaster" cancer recovery

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, said Wednesday during a visit to a cancer support center that recovering from the disease was akin to riding "a roller coaster," as she spoke of going through "hard times" during her recovery journey. Kate, as she is widely called,revealedshe had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer in March 2024. She did not say what kind of cancer it was or share additional details about her diagnosis at the time. After undergoing a course of preventative chemotherapy in September 2024, shesaid she was in remission in January. She made the announcement about 10 months after she announced her cancer diagnosis, and said she would remain focused on making a full recovery and only return to a "light program" of public events and engagements. Since then, Princess Kate has been gradually returning to public royal duties. While visiting a cancer support center at Colchester Hospital in eastern England on Wednesday, the 43-year-old told patients, volunteers and staff there that life following cancer treatment was not plain sailing. "It's a roller coaster, it's not one smooth plain, which you expect it to be," she said. "But the reality is it's not, you go through hard times and to have a place like this, to have the support network — whether it's through creativity and singing or gardening, whatever it might be — is so valuable and it's great that this community has it." Kate added that patients recovering from cancer "put on a sort of brave face" and tend to show "stoicism," but noted that "the phase afterwards is really, you know, difficult." "You're not necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but you're not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to," she said. Kate, who has three young children with Prince William, last monthpulled out of attendingthe Royal Ascot horse race as she continues her recovery and gradual resumption of duties. She attended the annualTrooping the Colourparade, which marks the official birthday of the British monarch. She also appeared at the royals' Windsor Castle to attend the Order of the Garter service at St. George's Chapel. Her father-in-law, King Charles III, 76, announced in early 2024 that he had been diagnosed with an unspecified cancer. Charles has spoken publicly about his battle with the disease,sayingin March that his journey had given him "an even deeper appreciation of the extraordinary work" of cancer charities. He has since returned to public duties but is still undergoing treatment. Seven still missing after fireworks warehouse explosion in California Piece of plane found in North Carolina driveway may belong to Delta flight Puget Sound orca pod threatened by salmon decline

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Mall shooting in Savannah, Georgia leaves 3 injured: Police

Mall shooting in Savannah, Georgia leaves 3 injured: Police

Police in Savannah, Georgia, responded to a mall shooting that left three injured with gunshot wounds, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred at Oglethorpe Mall, located on the south side of the city. The victims include two young adults and one juvenile, who are all are expected to live, police said. An investigation into the incident is ongoing, but Savannah Police Chief Lenny Gunther said it appeared to be two groups that were shooting at each other, likely known to each other. Multiple agencies were dispatched to the scene. MORE: Congressional intern killed in Washington, DC shooting: Officials Savannah Police said in an update on Wednesday evening that the mall had been evacuated and there was no longer an "active threat." ABC News' Darren Reynolds contributed to this report

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Haiti's gangs have 'near-total control' of the capital as violence escalates, UN says

Haiti's gangs have 'near-total control' of the capital as violence escalates, UN says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti's gangs have gained "near-total control" of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across the impoverished Caribbean nation, senior U.N. officials warned Wednesday. An estimated 90% of the capital Port-au-Prince is now under control of criminal groups who are expanding attacks not only into surrounding areas but beyond into previously peaceful areas, Ghada Fathy Waly, executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, told the U.N. Security Council. "Southern Haiti, which until recently was insulated from the violence, has seen a sharp increase in gang-related incidents," she said. "And in the east, criminal groups are exploiting land routes, including key crossings like Belladere and Malpasse, where attacks against police and customs officials have been reported." Waly said the state's authority to govern is rapidly shrinking as gang control expands with cascading effects. Criminal groups are stepping into the vacuum left by the absence or limited delivery of public services and are establishing "parallel governance structures," and gang control of major trade routes hasparalyzed legal commerce, leading to soaring pricesfor cooking fuel and rice, Haiti's staple food, she said. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca told the council "the ongoing gang encirclement of Port-au-Prince" and their strengthened foothold in the capital and beyond is "pushing the situation closer to the brink." "Without increased action by the international community, the totalcollapse of state presencein the capital could become a very real scenario," he warned. Gangs have grown in power since theassassination of President Jovenel Moïsein July 2021 and previously were estimated to control 85% of the capital. Haiti has not had a president since the assassination. AU.N.-backed missionled by Kenyan police arrived in Haiti last year to help quell gang violence, but the mission remains understaffed and underfunded, with only about 40% of the 2,500 personnel originally envisioned. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres'proposal in February to have the U.N. provide drones, fuel, ground and air transport and other non-lethal support to the Kenya-led mission has languished in the council. In response to the gangs, the UNODC's Waly said there has been a rapid growth in the number and activities of private security companies and vigilante self-defense groups, with some trying to protect their communities while others act illegally and collude with gangs. "Over the last three months," Jenca said, "these groups reportedly killed at least 100 men and one woman suspected of gang association or collaboration." He said the last three months have also seen an increase in sexual violence by gangs with the U.N. political mission in Haiti documenting 364 incidents of sexual violence involving 378 survivors just from March to April. A new report by U.N. experts covering the period from last October through February said the gangs have exploited political turmoil and the disorganized response to Haiti's security crisis, pointing to competing political ambitions and allegations of corruption within Haiti's transitional governing bodies that have stymied action. "While the expansion of territorial control brings gangs additional sources of revenue and bargaining power," the experts said, "these attacks are also backed by individuals trying to destabilize the political transition for their own political goals." One major result is that very little progress has been made toward restoring public security or implementing the roadmap for organizing national elections by February 2026, the experts monitoring an arms embargo on Haiti and sanctions against key gang leaders said in the report to the Security Council. With a weak national police force facing acute tensions in its leadership, an army that needs rebuilding, and the limited ability of the multinational force, the experts warned that the gangs will continue "to have the upper hand unless stronger international support is provided." As for vigilante groups, the experts said, they "often include local police officers, some of whom actively participate in human rights violations." The Haitian National Police have also carried out "a worrying number of extrajudicial killings … with suspected gang members often summarily executed," the experts said, pointing to 281 summary executions by specialized police units in 2024 including 22 women and 8 children. Despite the U.N. arms embargo on Haiti, gangs continue to obtain more powerful weapons not only from regional civilian markets but from police stockpiles in Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic, the experts said.

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Haiti's gangs have 'near-total control' of the capital as violence escalates, UN says

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Diddy's trial was the latest in a line of high-profile celebrity criminal cases

Diddy's trial was the latest in a line of high-profile celebrity criminal cases

A New York City jury's decision Wednesday to convict Sean "Diddy" Combs onprostitution-related offensesand acquit the music mogul on sex trafficking and racketeering charges was the latest in a line of high-profile celebrity criminal cases that garnered widespread attention. O.J. Simpson In 1995, football star and actor O.J. Simpsonwas acquitted of murderin the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman after the "trial of the century." Two years later, a civil trial jury found him liable for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million to relatives of Brown and Goldman.Simpson died in 2024at age 76 of prostate cancer. Michael Jackson Michael Jackson was acquitted in 2005 of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor at his Neverland Ranch. The King of Pop was also accused of plying the boy with alcohol and conspiring to hold him and his family captive. Jackson had faced nearly 20 years in prison. Jackson died in 2009 at age 50 of an overdose ofthe anesthetic propofol. R. Kelly R. Kellyis serving time at a prison in North Carolina. This year, a federal appeals courtupheld the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer's 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence. The court concluding that the singer exploited his fame for over a quarter century to sexually abuse girls and young women. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a 20-year sentence Kelly received after his 2022 conviction on child sex charges including charges of producing images of child sexual abuse in Chicago. Bill Cosby Bill Cosbywas convicted in 2018 of sexual assault and sentenced to up to a decade in prison. But three years later the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said the district attorney who made the decision to arrest Cosby was obligated to stand by a predecessor's promise not to charge Cosby, though there was no evidence that agreement was ever put in writing. The former "Cosby Show" star was the first celebrity tried and convicted inthe #MeToo eraand spent nearly three years at a state prison near Philadelphia before the higher courtoverturned his conviction and released himin 2021. Alec Baldwin Last year, a judge decided halfway throughAlec Baldwin'sinvoluntary manslaughter trial to dismiss the charge. Baldwin had been charged in the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie "Rust." The judge dismissed the case on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense. This year, Baldwinsuedfor malicious prosecution and civil rights violations. Baldwin also alleged defamation, saying that prosecutors and investigators intentionally mishandled evidence. A$AP Rocky A Los Angeles jury acquittedA$AP Rockyin February after a trial on two counts ofassault with a semiautomatic firearm.The hip-hop star was accused of firing on a former friend in Hollywood in 2021. Rocky, who rejected a plea deal that would have involved very little jail time, opted not to testify at trial. Harvey Weinstein Former Oscar-winning movie producer Harvey Weinstein wasconvicted of rape and other chargesin 2022 by a Los Angeles jury. He was sentenced then to 16 years in prison and is appealing that conviction. Weinstein, 73,also was found guilty last monthduring the retrial of a rape case in New York City. The charges against Weinstein have been pivotal for the #MeToo movement. The anti-sexual-misconduct campaign was fueled by allegations against him. Martha Stewart Homemaking icon and media personality Martha Stewart was convicted in 2004 of lying to the federal government about a 2001 stock sale. She served five months in prison. Her brand rebounded following her release. In 2023, at the age of 81, Stewart was chosen as one ofSports Illustrated's swimsuit cover models. Kevin Spacey In 2023, a London juryacquitted Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spaceyon sexual assault charges stemming from allegations by four men dating back 20 years. Spacey had denied the allegations against him and told the jury how they had destroyed his acting career as the #MeToo movement gained momentum in the U.S. Spacey told British broadcast host Piers Morgan last year that he was millions of dollars in debt, largely because of unpaid legal bills.

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Diddy's trial was the latest in a line of high-profile celebrity criminal cases

Diddy's trial was the latest in a line of high-profile celebrity criminal cases A New York City jury's decision Wednesday to convict...

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