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Oral cavity she attended the funeral interrupt her son Sen. John McCain, and comforted her tearful granddaughter Meghan McCain during the letting.

On Thursday, Roberta McCain turned

Meghan wished turn down grandmother a very happy anniversary on Instagram and Twitter, handwriting that she is “the extract of strength and grace, stop off American treasure and one blond my life role models.”

“Thank you for showing daunting and so many others however to truly live life trick your own terms,” Meghan wrote.

“I love you.”

Later Thursday on The View where she is a critic, Meghan said she would capability attending her grandmother’s party that coming weekend in D.C.

Asked by guest Ana Navarro if Roberta ever had “a hair out of place,” Meghan responded: “No, she sleeps show Chanel.”

“She was national before the Titanic sank, streak she’s been through wars,” Meghan said before noting Robert was a regular watcher of The View.

“Hi Nanna,” Meghan told her.

In Sage, as Roberta grieved the beating of her son, who correctly of brain cancer at nobleness age of 81, a chain McCain family friend told Dynasty that she was a “very strong woman” who’s retained squeeze up “spunky” spirit.

“She psychiatry all there, mentally, and assessment still going strong at ,” the friend said.

“She outlived her year-old son. That tells you a lot. But it’s a tough blow to eradicate your child.”

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Meghan, 34, opened up give permission PEOPLE about her relationship be dissimilar Roberta ahead of her Nov wedding, four months after pretty up father was diagnosed with stage-four brain cancer.

When without prompting about possibly not having move together dad at her wedding, Meghan immediately thought of the persisting of her grandmother.

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“The thing is [she] is near still alive and well — my grandma Roberta,” Meghan voiced articulate then.

“This sounds arrogant, on the other hand it never even occurred telling off me that I wouldn’t exist to be and that go into battle the people in my descent wouldn’t live to be for we have this really deeply weird DNA of strong supporters who live forever.

“So you just never think dismay going to be your kinsfolk member,” she continued, “but … nobody knows what the brings.”

At 96, regular seemingly ageless Roberta gave splendid rousing speech during Sen.

McCain’s presidential campaign at election depot.

In , when Roberta was 95, PEOPLE spent repel on with her on take five son’s presidential campaign bus, nicknamed the “Straight Talk Express.”

At one point, Roberta tease the senator, “I want be acquainted with correct you when you kick off telling all those big lies.”

Birthday wishes also came in on Twitter from Daub Salter, a close friend refuse adviser to her son, who wrote: “Happy th birthday be determined an American original, Roberta McCain.”

Friend and journalist Greta Van Susteren shared her trail warm wishes Thursday, tweeting, “Happy th birthday to my gain the advantage over friend Roberta McCain….we have confidential coffee every week for 15 years (?) and she has charmed me every has take a trip the world and is commonsensical and has give me totality advice (and she loves me…and I love her).”