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In late 1994, Dunham was living and working in Indonesia. One night, during dinner at a friend's house in Jakarta, she experienced stomach pain. A visit to a local physician led to an initial diagnosis of indigestion.<ref name="ripley"/> Dunham returned to the United States in early 1995 and was examined at the [[Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center]] in New York City and diagnosed with [[uterine cancer]]. By this time, the cancer had spread to her ovaries.<ref name="maraniss" /> She moved back to Hawaii to live near her widowed mother and died on November 7, 1995, 22 days short of her 53rd birthday.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries: Stanley Ann Dunham |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/273241962/?terms=Stanley%2BAnn%2BDunham |access-date=July 13, 2018 |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=November 14, 1995 |page=C12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries: Stanley Ann Dunham |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/265806989/?terms=Ann%2BDunham |access-date=July 13, 2018 |newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=November 17, 1995 |page=D6}}</ref | In late 1994, Dunham was living and working in Indonesia. One night, during dinner at a friend's house in Jakarta, she experienced stomach pain. A visit to a local physician led to an initial diagnosis of indigestion.<ref name="ripley"/> Dunham returned to the United States in early 1995 and was examined at the [[Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center]] in New York City and diagnosed with [[uterine cancer]]. By this time, the cancer had spread to her ovaries.<ref name="maraniss" /> She moved back to Hawaii to live near her widowed mother and died on November 7, 1995, 22 days short of her 53rd birthday.<ref name=freespirit /><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries: Stanley Ann Dunham |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/273241962/?terms=Stanley%2BAnn%2BDunham |access-date=July 13, 2018 |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date=November 14, 1995 |page=C12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries: Stanley Ann Dunham |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/265806989/?terms=Ann%2BDunham |access-date=July 13, 2018 |newspaper=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=November 17, 1995 |page=D6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Chipman, Kim |date=February 11, 2008 |title=Obama drive gets inspiration from his white mom born in Kansas |publisher=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aOOwMgWY_VIA&refer=home |access-date=February 11, 2008}}</ref><ref name=mccormick>{{cite news |author=McCormick, John |date=September 21, 2007 |title=Obama's mother in new ad |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |page= 3 |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-09-21/news/0709210249_1_universal-coverage-health-care-health-care-proposal |access-date=January 17, 2008}}</ref> Following a memorial service at the University of Hawaii, Obama and his sister spread their mother's ashes in the [[Pacific Ocean]] at [[Koko Head|Lanai Lookout]] on the south side of [[Oahu]].<ref name=freespirit /> Obama scattered the ashes of his grandmother [[Madelyn Dunham]] in the same spot on December 23, 2008, weeks after his election to the presidency.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 24, 2008 |title=Obama bids farewell to grandmother (photo gallery) |newspaper=New York Post |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/item_KwpspRXF4w7dC0GEIWSNbN |access-date=December 25, 2008}}</ref> | ||
Obama talked about Dunham's death in a 30-second campaign advertisement ("Mother") arguing for health care reform. The ad featured a photograph of Dunham holding a young Obama in her arms as Obama talks about her last days worrying about expensive medical bills.<ref name=mccormick/> The topic also came up in a 2007 speech in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]:<ref name=mccormick/> | Obama talked about Dunham's death in a 30-second campaign advertisement ("Mother") arguing for health care reform. The ad featured a photograph of Dunham holding a young Obama in her arms as Obama talks about her last days worrying about expensive medical bills.<ref name=mccormick/> The topic also came up in a 2007 speech in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]:<ref name=mccormick/> | ||