George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States and the 43rd Vice President of the United States, died in 2018 at the age of 94.
George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died at his Houston home on November 30, 2018, after a struggle with vascular Parkinson's disease. Since Gerald Ford's death in late 2006, he was the first US president to pass away in over a decade. At the time of his death, Bush was the longest-serving US president in history, having lived for 94 years and 171 days. President Donald Trump proclaimed a national day of mourning shortly after Bush's death was announced. The state burial of George H. W. Bush took place over four days from December 3 to 6, 2018, and was the formal funerary ceremonies of the United States government.
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