The family said in a statement that Barbara Bush had been a “rock in the face of failing health” Tom Pennington/Getty ImagesBarbara Bush, who was the wife of one president and mother to another, has died. A statement from the office of President Bush, her husband, said: “A former first lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away [on] Tuesday”. Mrs Bush, who was in frail health, had said this week that she had decided to decline further medical treatment and would focus instead on “comfort care” at her home in Houston, Texas. She had decided on Sunday that she wanted to be “surrounded by a family she adores”, according to an earlier statement from Mr Bush’s office. The statement had added: “It will not surprise those who know her that Barbara Bush…

Source: The Times April 18, 2018 00:22 UTC