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Barack Obama: Please Pray for Jennifer Hudson
Sunday October 26, 2008

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Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally October 21, 2008 in Miami, Florida;Jennifer Hudson from the film 'The Secret Life Of Bees', poses for a portrait during the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 6, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
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Barack Obama is reaching out to Jennifer Hudson following the devastating news that her mother and brother were murdered in Chicago Friday.

"Oh, it was heartbreaking," the Democratic presidential candidate told Extra's Mario Lopez on Saturday of hearing what happened.

"In fact, I'm still trying to get a phone number to call her at this tragic time," he added. "She is somebody who has campaigned for me, she also lives in my community. So, we're really going to have to...help her and pray for her and her family during this difficult time."

Obama also spoke about the failing health of his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, 85. He suspended his campaign on Thursday and Friday to fly to Hawaii to be at her side.

"You know, she's not doing well," he said. "She's ailing, but her spirits have been good. She's lived a full life, and obviously she's been watching the election with great interest, and watching it on CNN.

"So, it was important for me to make sure that I saw her, 'cause she was really one of the three people who helped raise me when I was a kid," he added.

Her advice for him?

"Just don't make too much of a fuss about me...just go and finish doing what you need to do," Obama says Dunham told him.

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