Rest in peace, Barbara Bush. Following the former First Lady's death on Tuesday, April 17, more details have been revealed about how the 92-year-old spent her final days prior to her passing. According to George H.W. Bush's longtime chief-of-staff, Jean Becker, the former Potus, 93, held his wife's hand for the entire day before she died. "He, of course, is broken-hearted to lose his beloved Barbara, his wife of 73 years. He held her hand all day today and was at her side when [she] left this good earth," Becker said in a statement. "Obviously, this is a very challenging time. But it will not surprise all of you who know and love him, that he also is being stoic and strong, and is being lifted up by his large and supportive family. He is determined to be there for them as well. He appreciates all the well wishes and support." Barbara and her husband,...
- 4/21/2018
- by Julia Birkinbine
- Closer Weekly
You likely know some of late First Lady Barbara Bush's children already — George W. Bush became the 43rd Potus, following in his father's footsteps, and Jeb Bush was a Florida governor and a presidential candidate. You might even know her and George H.W. Bush's other living children — Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, and Dorothy Bush Koch. But we never got to know their daughter Robin Bush, who predeceased her mother by nearly 65 years. So, how did Barbara and George's daughter die? Read on for more details. Robin was Barbara and George's second child, born on Dec. 20, 1949. She died at age three of leukemia in 1953, the same year she was diagnosed with the disease. "[The doctor] said, 'You don't do anything. She's going to die,'" Barbara — who passed away on April 17 at age 92 — once told granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager in a 2012 Today interview. "She said, 'My advice is, take her home, love her.
- 4/19/2018
- by Dan Clarendon
- Closer Weekly
Former First Lady Barbara Bush died in Houston on Tuesday. She was 92. Bush served as Second Lady of the United States to President George H.W. Bush from 1981-1989, and was First Lady from 1989-1993.
The office of George H.W. Bush released a statement announcing her death. She has been battling congestive heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and had recently decided not to seek any further treatment.
Barbara was born in New York City on June 8, 1925. She met her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, at a dance in Massachusetts in 1941 when she was 16 years old. After dating for a year and a half, the couple got engaged before he went off to World War II to serve as a Navy torpedo bomber pilot. When he returned on leave, Barbara dropped out of the school she had been attended, Smith College in Northampton, Mass. They got...
The office of George H.W. Bush released a statement announcing her death. She has been battling congestive heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and had recently decided not to seek any further treatment.
Barbara was born in New York City on June 8, 1925. She met her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, at a dance in Massachusetts in 1941 when she was 16 years old. After dating for a year and a half, the couple got engaged before he went off to World War II to serve as a Navy torpedo bomber pilot. When he returned on leave, Barbara dropped out of the school she had been attended, Smith College in Northampton, Mass. They got...
- 4/17/2018
- by Sarah Ahern
- Variety Film + TV
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