'She was definitely a happy woman. She wasn’t sad or angry. Up until her last day she knew everything … she still had her wit.” Read more:
Her death was confirmed by her son Felipe Cardoso, who told CNN she died Monday morning. A post on McLaurin’s official Facebook page also said she “had been under hospice care for a few days.” “People always asked what was her secret to life. She didn’t really put emphasis on the bad stuff and she didn’t let stuff worry her,” Cardoso told CNN on Wednesday. “She loved the kids and she was just happy to see the first African American president.
According to an archived White House blog post, a friend of McLaurin’s reached out to the White House and shared McLaurin’s “stellar work as a volunteer throughout DC” and her wish to visit the White House. Her dream came true in February 2016 and she visited the White House at 106-years-old, meeting the then-president and first lady. In a viral video of the meeting, McLaurin squealed with excitement and danced as she greeted Obama, telling him, “It’s an honor, it’s an honor.
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