Virginia McLaurin, the sharecropper’s daughter who danced excitedly with President Obama and First Woman Michelle Obama throughout a 2016 White Home go to to rejoice Black Historical past Month, has died at 113.

McLaurin died early Monday at her residence in Olney, Md., mentioned her son, Felipe Cardoso Jr.

“Relaxation in peace, Virginia,” the Obamas wrote on Twitter. “We all know you’re up there dancing.”

McLaurin visited the White Home when she was 106.

“Hello!” McLaurin squealed as she was launched to the president.

“You need to say hello to Michelle?” Obama requested.

“Sure!” McLaurin mentioned, transferring rapidly to present the primary girl a hug.

“Decelerate now!” the president mentioned. “Don’t go too fast.”

The ladies then held palms as they went into an impromptu dance, the president holding McLaurin’s arm.

“I assumed I’d by no means dwell to get within the White Home,” she mentioned. “And I inform you, I’m so pleased.

“A Black president. A Black spouse! And I’m right here to rejoice Black historical past. Yeah, that’s what I’m right here for.”

Video of the encounter rapidly unfold on-line, garnering worldwide information protection. After the temporary assembly, McLaurin advised reporters: “I might simply die pleased.”

Deborah Menkart, a pal who helped organize McLaurin’s White Home go to, mentioned it dramatically modified her life. She mentioned that McLaurin was dwelling “very frugally” on the time however that her fame spurred folks to donate to a care fund that had been arrange for her.

“She obtained a brand new wig, she obtained new tooth, she was in a position to transfer to a greater condominium,” Menkart mentioned.

Later that 12 months McLaurin appeared at a Washington Nationals baseball sport and was offered with a staff jersey on the sector.

McLaurin additionally used her sudden fame to assist others.

Born March 12, 1909, in South Carolina with no beginning certificates, McLaurin had been unable to get an ID card. Shortly after the White Home go to, Menkart urged they contact the mayor’s workplace and the Washington Put up, which interviewed her and printed a narrative.

Washington metropolis officers quickly issued her a brief card and introduced new laws giving residents 70 and older extra choices to get IDs.

“It modified her life for not solely herself, but in addition the clout she had,” Menkart mentioned.

McLaurin spent many years upon retirement doing volunteer work at faculties. In accordance with the Obama White Home archives, she was a foster grandparent and a mentor to special-needs college students, serving to kids with studying and social abilities.

“She was simply so carefree,” Cardoso mentioned. “She mentioned her secret to life was to not fear, so she by no means let issues fear her. She simply didn’t pay it no thoughts.”

Cardoso mentioned McLaurin adopted him when he was 3.

“She liked and cared for everyone,” he mentioned. “She undoubtedly had an enormous coronary heart for the youngsters.”