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Barbara Bush, wife of one American president, mother of another, dies at 92

Former US First lady Barbara Bush died at 92. She was the wife of former President George H W Bush and the mother of former President George W Bush. Here are latest updates on Barbara Bush's demise

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Barabara Bush dies at the age of 92 Photo: Reuters

Laurence Arnold | Bloomberg
Barbara Bush, the wife of one U.S. president and mother of another who embodied the old-fashioned sensibility that family comes before careers or politics, has died. She was 92.

She died Tuesday, according to a statement posted by family spokesman Jim McGrath. The cause wasn’t immediately known. Funeral arrangements would be scheduled “as soon as is practical," it said.

President Donald Trump said he and First Lady Melania Trump “join the Nation in celebrating the life of Barbara Bush.”

Bush, who was in “failing health,” decided to no longer seek medical treatment and instead focused on “comfort care,” McGrath had

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