Barbara Bush, the wife of former U.S. President George H. Bush is dead.
She died at the age of 92.
Bush’s death was confirmed by her son, George, in a statement.
George said: “My dear mother has passed on at age 92. Laura, Barbara, Jenna, and I are sad, but our souls are settled because we know hers was. Barbara Bush was a fabulous First Lady and a woman unlike any other who brought levity, love, and literacy to millions.”
Lady Bush was not only First Lady to George H.W. Bush, she was also mother of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush.
She was First Lady from 1989 to 1993, while George became president in 2000.
She was also the mother of Jeb Bush, who served as governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007 and unsuccessfully ran for the White House in 2016.
As first lady from 1989 until the start of 1993, Bush was a popular national figure known for her sometimes blunt talk and self-deprecating wit.
Her husband, the 41st U.S. president, is 93 years old. Her son, the 43 U.S. president, is 71.
Another son, Jeb, is a former governor of Florida who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2015 and early 2016, quitting after a series of lackluster performances highlighted by tough skirmishes with then-candidate Donald Trump.
With hair that had turned white prematurely, Bush was known by family members as the “Silver Fox.”
Her work as first lady focused on promoting literacy and reading. At the time, she said she was more interested in running a household than in helping her husband run the country.
“Barbara Bush has a character that is as big, inspiring and iconic as Texas,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a statement on Sunday. The Bushes moved to Texas in the mid-1940s.
Bush holds a unique place in U.S. history.
She is the only woman to see her husband and son sworn in as U.S. president. Abigail Adams, first lady from 1797 to 1801, was a major influence on husband John Adams, the nation’s second president, but died before her son, John Quincy Adams, was elected president in 1824.
