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Barbara Bush, former US first lady, dead at 92

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Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Wed, 18 Apr 2018, 11:59AM
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Barbara Bush, former US first lady, dead at 92

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Wed, 18 Apr 2018, 11:59AM

Former US First Lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92, according to a statement from a Bush family spokesperson. 

She is the wife of former President George H W Bush and is the mother of President George W Bush. 

CNN's Michael Holmes says her death follows a brief battle with illness.

"The last couple of days we've heard she's been suffering with lung disease and also congestive heart failure and had been offered further treatment in hospital. She declined it, said she wanted to go home and be at home." 

She is survived by her husband of 73 years, her five children, 17 grand-children and seven great-grandchildren, and her brother.

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