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Dream fulfilled: Dancing, at 106, with America's black president
AFP
Virginia McLaurin, 106, has lived to see 18 US presidents, but the African-American centenarian fulfilled her dream of a lifetime by meeting Barack Obama -- a touching encounter that quickly went viral.
Video posted by the White House shows a spry McLaurin waving her cane and breaking into a jig as she is introduced to the president and First Lady Michelle Obama during a visit to the White House.
In the footage, released late Sunday, McLaurin greets the first couple with a boisterous "hi!" and her arms outstretched as her name is announced by White House greeters.
"Slow down, now!" Obama tells the diminutive McLaurin as she bustles over to give the first lady an embrace.
"She's 106!" the president exclaims.