| − | ''Rarely has a First Lady been greeted by the American people and the press with the approbation and warmth accorded to Barbara Pierce Bush. Perhaps this is prompted by the image she calls "everybody's grandmother." People are comfortable with her white hair, her warm, relaxed manner, and her keen wit. With characteristic directness, she says people like her because they know "I'm fair and I like children and I adore my husband."'' <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/bb41.html Barbara Pierce Bush biography] The White House</ref> | + | ''Rarely has a First Lady been greeted by the American people and the press with the approbation and warmth accorded to Barbara Pierce Bush. Perhaps this is prompted by the image she calls "everybody's grandmother." People are comfortable with her white hair, her warm, relaxed manner, and her keen wit. With characteristic directness, she says people like her because they know "I'm fair and I like children and I adore my husband."'' <ref>[https://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/bb41.html Barbara Pierce Bush biography] The White House</ref> |
| − | Mrs. Bush died at her home in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] at the age of ninety-two just a few days after she announced that she would no longer seek medical treatment for her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and Graves' disease. Instead, she would accept only "comfort care."<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/17/barbara-bush-former-first-lady-dead-at-92.html Barbara Bush, former first lady, dead at 92]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 17, 2018.</ref><ref>Pollak, Joel B. (April 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/17/memoriam-first-lady-barbara-bush-1925-2018/ In Memoriam: First Lady Barbara Bush (1925-2018)]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 17, 2018.</ref> | + | Mrs. Bush died at her home in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] at the age of ninety-two just a few days after she announced that she would no longer seek medical treatment for her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, and Graves' disease. Instead, she would accept only "comfort care."<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/17/barbara-bush-former-first-lady-dead-at-92.html Barbara Bush, former first lady, dead at 92]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 17, 2018.</ref><ref>Pollak, Joel B. (April 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/17/memoriam-first-lady-barbara-bush-1925-2018/ In Memoriam: First Lady Barbara Bush (1925-2018)]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 17, 2018.</ref> |