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First Lady Barbara Bush, dead at 92

Of all the first ladies of my lifetime, she was my favorite. Her husband was such a nice man and I feel bad for him. I still remember him on a train coming through a town I happened to be in at the time. He didn't stop, but a bunch of people cheered. I was in a group farther back from the tracks, and he said hello to those who cheered, and "Hello to you guys over there", meaning those of us who weren't cheering.
 
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/politics/george-hw-bush/index.html

http://people.com/politics/george-h-w-bush-intensive-care/

Here is an Update

CNN)Former President George H.W. Bush, who just buried his wife first lady Barbara Bush on Saturday, is in intensive care, CNN has learned.

"President Bush was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital yesterday morning after contracting an infection that spread to his blood. He is responding to treatments and appears to be recovering. We will issue additional updates as events warrant," spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement.

Bush, 93, was admitted to the hospital on Sunday morning with an infection that led to sepsis, which can be life-threatening, according to a source close to the former Republican President. He was in critical condition, the source said.
The source added that Bush's blood pressure kept dropping and a couple of times there was serious concern about whether he was going to come through, but that he had been stabilized.
But with Bush's age, his health and with this infection, this is very serious, the source explained.
Bush revealed several years ago he suffers from a form of Parkinson's disease, which has left him unable to walk, so he gets around either in a wheelchair or a scooter.
The former President's hospitalization is especially upsetting for his family because it follows so closely on the death of his wife of 73 years last Tuesday. The family had been worried about how he would deal with her death and such an emotional week, according to the source.
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It's not at all unusual for elderly men to pass away shortly after losing a spouse.
Was that way with my next-door neighbors. He only lived a few months after she had gone.
His daughter later told me that once that happened her dad just sort of gave up.
"No wife, no life" he would tell her.
 
Somehow he doesn't strike me as the type who would just give up, even after 73 years. Illness that comes with being 95 maybe, but I am not so sure that he will give up. He has a few things he wants to do, a few places he wants to go, some people he wants to see, though I venture a guess he will not be jumping from anymore planes, considering that whenever he does join her she'll be waiting to clobber him with a broom if he does.
 
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