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John Nichols @NicholsUprising 8h8 hours agoAs we offer heartfelt prayers and condolences for John McCains family, do recall that his mother, Roberta McCain, is still alive at age 106.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,794 posts)May she have comfort at this sad time. Family is so important.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)MineralMan
(146,333 posts)2naSalit
(86,802 posts)I had no idea she was still alive.
Glamrock
(11,802 posts)I hope and pray she's around to see the orange douchebag perpwalked out of the peoples house.
3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)...want to outlive your child.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I am so sorry that she has lost her son. My condolences Mrs. McCain.
gademocrat7
(10,672 posts)pazzyanne
(6,558 posts)Roberta McCain died July 26, 2018.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...but not on wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_McCain
No article or death announcement, either. Weird.
Several articles today, including WSJ say she's alive.
Interesting. Somebody nail this thing down!
pazzyanne
(6,558 posts)"He is survived by Cindy, their children, Meghan, John, James and Bridget, the three children of his first marriage, his mother, a sister, Sandy, and a brother, Joe."
So Wikipedia/ google is found is wrong. Sorry for the misinformation. Guess you can't always trust the internet.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...an article announcing her death?
There's no concrete, or even anecdotal evidence this is true, despite this obit.
Wiki is updated constantly. This post is current with the mention of the 'late' Sen. McCain.
pazzyanne
(6,558 posts)Since then I found the obit for John McCain and posted that information, also on this thread. Sorry, there is nothing more that I can do!
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...came across the Google blurb on the side of the page.
Went to Wiki, then looked without success for an article confirming her death.
What I've found are numerous accounts of Roberta being very much alive at 106.
Check out Twitter:
https://twitter.com/search?q=Roberta%20McCain%20&src=typd
Very much alive, it appears.
Link to tweet
pazzyanne
(6,558 posts)I do a lot of research online, and I will remember to double check sidebar information from now on. Appreciate your input.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...I'm glad we were able to nail that down.
It really is remarkable, almost unbelievable.
Native
(5,943 posts)pazzyanne
(6,558 posts)Roberta McCain (born February 7, 1912) is the widow of Admiral John S. McCain Jr. and mother of the late Republican Arizona Senator and presidential candidate John S. McCain III.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_McCain
Native
(5,943 posts)katmondoo
(6,457 posts)pazzyanne
(6,558 posts)MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)Can you imagine the heartbreak this mother endured during the 5 1/2 hears her son was held captive? ☮️
Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)Part of me hopes old age has left her somewhat unaware of his death.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)And a "living memorial" for him
ChazII
(6,206 posts)who raised her son well.
colorado_ufo
(5,737 posts)Mrs. McCain.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)It's going to be unimaginably painful to her that her son dies before she does. Maybe she has dementia and won't know.
I hope I don't live that long. I don't have the money.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)so dignified looking. Must have been so proud of her son.
calimary
(81,507 posts)I'm trying to make out his left eyebrow - to see if there are surgical scars visible from his last cancer surgery. Doesn't look like it but it's difficult to see. Maybe from 2017?
Whatever the case, a handsome woman there. Elegant and dignified. Dressed with simplicity and one statement necklace. (Personally, I like that a lot!) She looks like what a prominent family matriarch would look like.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...Roberta in her home, at 100:
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g103/photos-of-roberta-mccain/
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)Upthevibe
(8,074 posts)mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)Sen. John McCains mother Roberta is aware that her son is stopping treatment for stage-four brain cancer, PEOPLE has learned.
Roberta is 106, but shes spunky, a close family friend exclusively tells PEOPLE. She knows he is ill.
On Friday, the McCain family announced that the 81-year-old politician who was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer with a median survival rate of just 15 months, in July 2017 made the decision to stop treatment.
Last summer, Senator John McCain shared with Americans the news our family already knew: he had been diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma, and the prognosis was serious, the statement said. In the year since, John has surpassed expectations for his survival. But the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict. With his usual strength of will, he has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment.
Our family is immensely grateful for the support and kindness of all his caregivers over the last year, and for the continuing outpouring of concern and affection from Johns many friends and associated, and the many thousands of people who are keeping him in their prayers, the statement continued. God bless and thank you all.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)💧
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)From Arizona Central:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2018/08/25/john-mccain-dead-arizona-senator-republican-maverick-obituary/538330001/
This read more like a brief bio but they're showing it as his obit in Legacy:
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/azcentral/obituary.aspx?n=john-mccain&pid=190055893
Washington Post version does mention his mom:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-mccain-maverick-of-the-senate-and-former-pow-dies-at-81/2018/08/25/d9219b7e-a7b8-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html?utm_term=.51b124e175f0
And, lastly, the New York Times version - speaks a bit more about his parents:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/obituaries/john-mccain-dead.html?action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront
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Ilsa
(61,698 posts)but I had no idea she was 106.
GETPLANING
(846 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)I am confident that by 106, if still lucid, she knows the rules of the game of life and takes comfort she raised an American hero.
Her father in law died from a heart attack a few days after returning home from the bloody battle to win the Pacific in WWII. They say the war killed him.
John had 81 years. 50 more than seemed likely back then.
God it would be nice to have more republicans I could respect at the basic level.
Liberals need a counter balancing party to question our faith in government and visa versa. What we have now are facist.
I wish the family peace.
Raine
(30,540 posts)it must be so hard to live so long and still outlive your child.