Obama mourns grandmother on election eve

(Reuters) - A subdued Barack Obamaon Monday mourned his grandmother as a "quiet hero" who helped raisehim, telling a campaign rally that her death had made the final nightof his White House campaign "bittersweet."
As the Democratic candidate arrived in North Carolina for hissecond-to-last rally before Tuesday's election, he announced thatMadelyn Dunham, 86, had died peacefully at her home in Honolulu after abattle with cancer.

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