The 41st President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, has died.
He passed away in Houston at the age of 94. Here’s a look at his life and legacy.
George H.W. Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts on June 12th, 1924. The son of a future US Senator.
He married Barbara Pierce, they had six children.
Two would follow his footsteps into public life.
After earning a degree at Yale, the elder Bush moved his family to Texas, where he made a fortune in the oil business.
There, his budding interests in Republican politics blossomed.
Bush ran against Ronald Reagan in the 1980 GOP primaries. Reagan believed the Texas oilman could help him win-over the party’s moderates, and named him as his running mate.
He was Reagan’s Hier Apparent in 1988.
As the nation’s 41st President, Bush’s focus returned to international affairs.
He presided over the collapse of Communism in the former Soviet Union, and the end of the Cold War.
It was a life that brought George Herbert Walker Bush back to the White House in 2011 to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor: The Presidential Medal of Freedom.
At his beloved wife’s funeral, President Bush posed for a photo with the other surviving former presidents.
One of four eulogies at Bush’s funeral next week will be delivered by former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, a long-time friend.
Both Prime Minister Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford took to social media with their condolences.
Bush’s death comes roughly eight months after his wife’s.
