Former First Lady Barbara Bush dies at 92

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Former first lady Barbara Bush in failing health
Michael Graczyk, Associated Press

Houston – Former first lady Barbara Bush is in “failing health” and won’t seek additional medical treatment, a Bush family spokesman said Sunday.

“Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and after consulting her family and doctors, Mrs. Bush, now age 92, has decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care,” spokesman Jim McGrath said in a news release.

McGrath did not elaborate as to the nature of Bush’s health problems. She has been treated for decades for Graves’ disease, which is a thyroid condition...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/15/barbara-bush-failing-health/33864821/
 
Barbara Bush won't seek more medical treatment after hospitalizations
The former first lady will instead focus on "comfort care," a family spokesman said.

Former first lady Barbara Bush will not seek additional medical treatment after a series of recent hospitalizations, a family spokesman said Sunday.

In a statement, the spokesman said Bush, 92, would instead focus on "comfort care” after consulting with doctors and family members...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ical-treatment-after-hospitalizations-n866131
 
I sure hope she finds peace.

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I still remember her comment about the Hurricane Katrina evacuees who had been relocated to Houston.

"They're underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them"

Such a voice of compassion (not). So many people had lost not only their homes and all their material possessions, but - even worse - had lost beloved family members. Oh - but, according to Ms. Bush, "this is working very well for them".

In addition, she was also quoted as saying "What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas"

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/07/us/nationalspecial/barbara-bush-calls-evacuees-better-off.html

Let us not forget one of her other infamous quotes, when asked during a GMA interview with Diane Sawyer to comment on the impending U.S. "Shock and Awe" attack against Iraq: ''Why should we hear about body bags and deaths and how many, what day it's gonna happen? . . . It's not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?''

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/13/arts/the-spoils-of-war-coverage.html

I won't waste my tears on the likes of someone such as this.
 
She was also a huge advocate for literacy and education. I wish only comfort and peace for Mrs Bush and her family during this time. ✌️❤️
 
Paraphrasing interview I saw on CNN last evening: Mrs. Bush went to hospital on Good Friday (March 30). Was having difficulty breathing. After 10 days, she was ready to leave even though physician wanted her to remain hospitalized. She left hospital Sunday, April 8. Announcement about her failing health came one week later.
 
***Breaking News*** Former First Lady, Barbara Bush, has passed away (NBC News)
 
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...972/former-first-lady-barbara-bush-dies-at-92

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When she was about to become first lady, she quipped, "My mail tells me that a lot of fat, white-haired, wrinkled ladies are tickled pink."
 
Barbara Bush, wife and mother of presidents, dies at 92
"I hope people will say, 'She cared; she worked hard for lots of causes,'" Bush said in 1989.

Barbara Bush, the matriarch of an American political dynasty spanning decades who was the second American to be both the first lady and the mother of a president, died Tuesday. She was 92.

Her death was confirmed by Jim McGrath, a spokesman for the Bush family...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/barbara-bush-wife-mother-presidents-dies-92-n699106
 
Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92
Michael Graczyk, Associated Press

Houston – Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. She was 92.

Family spokesman Jim McGrath confirmed the death in a statement. The cause wasn’t immediately known...

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/obituaries/2018/04/17/obit-barbara-bush/33933945/
 
Rest In Peace Mrs. Bush you will be greatly missed and remembered fondly by many people.
 
My thoughts are with the family as they have suffered a great loss.

RIP Barbara Bush
 
RIP Mrs. Barbara Bush! You were an amazing lady. Wife to an American President and Mother to an awesome American President.
 
Former First Lady Barbara Bush's Funeral Will Take Place in Houston on Saturday
By Associated Press 12:40 AM EDT

(HOUSTON) — Funeral services for Barbara Bush are planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston...

...Barbara Bush will lie in repose from noon to midnight Friday at the church for members of the public wishing to pay respects...

The funeral service Saturday is by invitation only...

Burial will be on the grounds of the Bush library at Texas A&M University in College Station...

http://time.com/5244433/barbara-bush-funeral-houston/
 
Barbara Bush
1925 - 2018 Obituary

Barbara Bush, the former first lady of the United States, died April 17, 2018, at the age of 92.

Her death, which came shortly after Bush decided not to undergo further medical treatments for congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, was announced in a statement from the office of her husband, former President George H. W. Bush...

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/detroitnews/obituary.aspx?n=barbara-bush&pid=188770398
 
Barbara Bush death: Mourners pay final respects to former first lady
Mourners gathered for public viewing at Houston's St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, where she attended services with her husband, President George H.W. Bush.

HOUSTON — A spray of flowers covered the closed silver casket of former first lady Barbara Bush in the sanctuary of a Houston church as hundreds of mourners began arriving Friday to pay their final respects.

People waited in line hours early for security screening before boarding shuttle buses to attend a public viewing at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, where Bush and her husband, former President George H.W. Bush, regularly attended services...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...-pay-final-respects-former-first-lady-n867851
 
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