Yemisi Izuora/Agency Report
A former US First Lady, Barbara 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.