 In an October 23, 2008, interview with CBS News, Obama said, "She has really been the rock of the family, the foundation of the family.Whatever strength, discipline – that – that I have – it comes from her".On November 2, 2008 (November 3, 2008 in the continental United States), the Obama campaign announced that Madelyn Dunham had "died peacefully after a battle with cancer" in Hawaii.