Born: 8 June 1925 · Died: 17 April 2018 · Age at death: 92
How old was Barbara Bush when she died?
Barbara Bush died aged 92. She was born on 8 June 1925 and died on 17 April 2018.
Former US First Lady and campaigner for family literacy
Did you know?She is one of only two women in American history to be both the wife and the mother of a president.
Quick facts
Date of birth8 June 1925
Date of death17 April 2018
Age at death92
Cause of deathPulmonary emphysema
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceNewYork–Presbyterian/Queens, United States
Occupationpolitician, president
Editor's Take:
Barbara Pierce grew up in Rye, New York. She married George Bush when he was a young navy pilot. The family moved to Texas, where he went into the oil business. She raised six children, and their daughter Robin died young. As First Lady she made reading and writing her main cause. Her frank, warm style made her very popular. She wrote a bestselling book in the voice of the family dog.
Key Milestones
1945: Marries George H. W. Bush
1989: Becomes First Lady
1989: Launches her literacy foundation
Barbara Bush (née Pierce; June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.
