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In this Sept. 4, 2008, file photo, Republican presidential nominee John McCain embraces his mother, Roberta, at the end of his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. A spokesperson for her daughter-in-law, Cindy McCain, says Roberta McCain died Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at the age of 108. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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Roberta Wright McCain, the mother of the late Sen. John McCain who used her feisty spirit to help woo voters during his 2008 presidential campaign, has died. She was 108.

By Associated Press October 12, 2020