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Houston and the world mourn the death of
our first lady barbara Bush I've been
the luckiest woman in the world
truthfully decades of service to her
country and her community a lifelong
commitment to family and her beloved
husband of more than 70 years remembered
tonight
love and support pouring in from across
the globe as you Stone Ian's come
together to celebrate Barbara Bush's
life and legacy and incredible iconic at
the end of your life you'll never regret
not having passed one more test winning
one more verdict or not closing one more
deal you will regret time not spent with
a husband a child a friend
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thank you so much for joining us on this
Saturday Bing I'm bill by our side
hello I'm Dominique stock said as we
mourn Houston's first lady tonight we
are getting an answer to a question that
so many of you have been asking how was
her husband former President George HW
Bush doing in a statement Bush family
spokesman Jim McGrath said President
Bush is heartbroken to lose his beloved
Barbara and that he held her hand all
day today and was by her side when she
passed
McGrath goes on to say that the former
president is being stoic and strong and
is being lifted up by his large and
supportive family tonight we remember a
remarkable woman who left a lasting
legacy not only in Houston but all
around the world our special coverage
begins with channel twos Phil Archer
where Fuzzy's pizza this is where she
and the president often dined together a
simple setting for the matriarch of a
political dynasty married to one
president the mother of another
descended from a third with her
trademark pearls and snow-white hair she
endeared herself to Americans and
houstonians his first lady and as a
neighbor she was born Barbara Pierce in
1925 in Flushing New York the third
child of Marvin Pierce Skye an of a
publishing Empire and the descendant of
Franklin Pierce the 14th President of
the United States in 1941 she met George
poppy bush at a Christmas dance it was
love at first sight I could hardly
breathe I thought it was so beautiful
they were married for 73 years the
couple became engaged just before George
Bush went to war in the Pacific on his
return the couple married they had six
children their second child Robin died
from leukemia at age three I was combing
her hair and holding her hand
I saw that little body I saw her spirit
go
she said she often fell apart after that
but her husband would put her back
together supporting his career they
moved 29 times to West Texas where
George Bush started an oil company then
as a political wife caring for their
children while her husband's career
often kept him away from home President
Bush would be the first to tell you that
he could not have done any of this
without her as the wife of a vice
president then as first lady she
promoted literacy believed it was the
cure to most societal ills she
established the Barbara Bush Foundation
for Family Literacy she also wrote two
books and had five schools named after
her I think people will remember her
because of her passion her commitment
her commitment to service and service to
others Barbara Pierce Bush gone at age
92 over the next few days her friends
her admirers the world will mourn her
loss and remember her accomplishments
mrs. Bush funeral is scheduled for
Saturday reporting live in southwest
Houston I'm Phil Archer KPRC Channel 2
News thank you for that beautiful
reporting film