Barbara Bush (1925-2018)

Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92

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Tue., April 17, 2018

Former first lady Barbara Bush listens to a patient's question during a visit to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital on Aug. 22, 2013, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.

Robert F. Bukaty Associated Press
In this Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005 file photo, President Bush walks past his parents, Barbara and former President George H. W. Bush during his swearing- in ceremony at the US Capitol in Washington.

Charles Dharapak Associated Press
In this Friday March 18, 2005 file photo, President Bush is welcomed by his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, and his brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, left, as he arrives at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensalcola, Fla., to begin a day of events promoting his Social Security reforms.

J. Scott Applewhite Associated Press
In this Sept. 2, 2004, photo, former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush listen as the president accepts the party nomination at the Republican National Convention in New York.

Paul Sancya Associated Press
In this Nov. 8, 1999, photo, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, left, chats with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, right, as Barbara Bush looks on before Bush was awarded the honorary citizenship of Berlin. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92.

Herbert Knosowski Associated Press
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 1997, file photo, former President George Bush hugs his wife, Barbara, after his address during the dedication of the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas.

Pat Sullivan Associated Press
In this Thursday, Nov. 6, 1997 file photo, First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton, look out over the crowd at the dediction ceremonies of the George Bush Presidential Library, in College Station, Texas.

Susan Walsh Associated Press
In this March 25, 1997, photo, former President George H.W. Bush gets a hug from his wife Barbara after he made a successful parachute jump at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground outside of Yuma, Ariz. Former first couple George and Barbara Bush's relationship is a true love story, described by granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager as "remarkable." They met at a Christmas dance. She was 17. He was 18. Two years later they were married.

Mike Nelson Associated Press
In this Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1994 file photo, former first lady Barbara Bush gestures as she chats with David Letterman during the taping of CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman," at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York.

Alan Singer Associated Press
FILE - In this Nov. 2, 1992, file photo, entertainer Bob Hope, back right, applauds as President George H. W. Bush kisses his wife Barbara during a pre-election rally at the Astro Arena in Houston.

Ron Edmonds Associated Press
FILE - In this 1990 file photo, first lady Barbara Bush poses with her dog Millie in Washington. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92.

Doug Mills Associated Press
In this Sept. 22, 1989, photo, first lady Barbara Bush reacts after President George H.W. Bush accidentally stepped on her toe while boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., for a flight to New Jersey.

Charles Tasnadi Associated Press
In this Sept. 3, 1988 photo, Vice President George H.W. Bush, right, and his Barbara Bush, holding the family dog, talk to reporters after a press conference outside their home in Washington, D.C.

J. Scott Applewhite Associated Press
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 1984, file photo, Barbara Bush, wife of then-U.S. Vice-President George Bush, is photographed at the debate between Bush and Democrat Geraldine Ferraro. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92.
FILE - In this June 6, 1964 file photo, George Bush, candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, gets returns by phone at his headquarters in Houston as his wife Barbara, beams her pleasure at the news.

Ed Kolenovsky Associated Press