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Apr 18, 2018 · USA TODAY. 0:00. 2:34. Former first lady Barbara Bush, the wife of one president and mother of another, died Tuesday after deciding to discontinue medical treatment for her declining health.
- Gregory Korte
- Senior National Correspondent
Apr 17, 2018 · Barbara Bush, the widely admired wife of one president and the fiercely loyal mother of another, died on Tuesday at her home in Houston. She was 92.
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- Enid Nemy
- Descendent of A President
- Family Joys and Sorrows
- Popular First Lady
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Barbara Pierce Bush was born in New York City, New York, on June 8, 1925, to Marvin and Pauline Pierce. Her father, a magazine publishing executive, was a descendant of Franklin Pierce, a Democrat and the nation's 14th U.S. president who served from 1853 to 1857. Her mother was the daughter of an Ohio Supreme Court justice and was active in civic c...
Mrs. Bush gave birth to their first child, future President George Walker Bush, on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut. As the family moved about in Texas and California, the couple had five more children, who would eventually deliver the Bushes more than a dozen grandkids. Mrs. Bush took great joy in her family and told Barbara Walters in 1994...
Mr. Bush landed firmly in the public eye as he served as Ronald Reagan's vice president from 1980 to 1988, and he was elected as Reagan's successor and 41st president of the United States in 1988. Mrs. Bush generated headlines herself in the 1984 Reagan-Bush re-election campaign by calling vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro -- the first fe...
Mrs. Bush has had a long history of health problems, dating back to her time as the first lady. In 1989, she revealed that she suffered from Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid. She later began taking medications for the disease and received radiation as part of her treatment. After experiencing abdominal pains in 2008,...
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- Bill Hutchinson,M.L. Nestel
Apr 17, 2018 · 03:21 - Source: CNN. CNN — Barbara Bush, the matriarch of a Republican political dynasty and a first lady who elevated the cause of literacy, died Tuesday, according to a statement from her...
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Following Bush's death, a cartoon by Marshall Ramsey, of The Clarion-Ledger, was widely circulated, showing Barbara being greeted by Robin upon her entry to heaven. Her husband died seven months later on November 30, 2018.
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Apr 17, 2018 · B arbara Bush, the beloved wife of one former president and mother of another, died at the age of 92 on Tuesday. The former First Lady and former President George H.W. Bush had the...
Dec 3, 2018 · Barbara Bush, the patrician yet salty matriarch of one of America’s leading political dynasties, died on April 17, 2018 at the age of 92 after a years-long battle with congestive heart...
