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Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92

Barbara Bush, wife of then-U.S. Vice-President George Bush, is photographed Oct. 11, 1984, at the debate between Bush and Democrat Geraldine Ferraro. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92.

04182018 BARBARA BUSH — Barbara Bush, wife of then-U.S. Vice-President George Bush, is photographed Oct. 11, 1984, at the debate between Bush and Democrat Geraldine Ferraro. A family spokesman said Tuesday, April 17, 2018, that former first lady Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92.

HOUSTON — Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. She was 92.