OLNEY, Md. (AP) — Virginia McLaurin, the centenarian who danced excitedly with President Barack Obama and first woman Michelle Obama throughout a 2016 White Home go to, has died. She was 113.

McLaurin’s son, Felipe Cardoso Jr., mentioned Tuesday that she died early Monday at her dwelling in Olney, Maryland.

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

McLaurin visited the White Home for a Black Historical past Month reception in February 2016, 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 woman a hug.

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

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

“I believed I’d by no means dwell to get within the White Home,” she mentioned. “And I let you know, I’m so completely satisfied.

“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 transient assembly, McLaurin instructed reporters: “I may simply die completely satisfied.”

Deborah Menkart, a good friend who helped prepare McLaurin’s 2016 go to, mentioned it dramatically modified her life. She mentioned McLaurin was dwelling “very frugally” on the time however her fame spurred folks to donate to a care fund for her.

“She received a brand new wig, she received new enamel, 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 crew jersey on the sector.

McLaurin additionally used her fame to assist others.

Born March 12, 1909, in South Carolina with out a delivery certificates, McLaurin had been unable to get an ID card. Shortly after the White Home go to, Menkart prompt they contact the mayor’s workplace and the Washington Submit, which interviewed her and printed a narrative.

Washington metropolis officers quickly issued her a short lived card and introduced new rules 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.

A sharecropper’s daughter, McLaurin spent a long time upon retirement doing volunteer work at colleges. Based on 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 cherished and cared for everyone,” he mentioned. “She undoubtedly had a giant coronary heart for the youngsters.”

Cardoso mentioned funeral preparations have been pending.