Hillary Clinton’s mother, Dorothy Rodham dies at 92

Chelsea Clinton,  Hillary Clinton, and Dorothy Rodham in 2008. Photo courtesy of mysticgirl.wordpress.com.

The Clinton family's statement on Dorothy Rodham's death shortly after midnight today at the age of 92:

"Her story was a quintessentially American one, largely because she wrote it herself." She overcame abandonment and hardship as a young girl to become the remarkable woman she was -- a warm, generous and strong woman; an intellectual; a woman who told a great joke and always got the joke; an extraordinary friend and, most of all, a loving wife, mother and grandmother."