Former US President George HW Bush dead at 94

Former US President George HW Bush has died at the age of 94, a family spokesperson has announced.

Bush Senior died on Friday, a family statement said, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush.

“Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died,” his son, former president George W Bush, said in a statement released on Twitter by a family spokesman.

“George H.W. Bush was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for.”

The 41st president on the United States, Bush served from 1989 to 1993, with his successful campaign to drive Saddam Hussein from Kuwait the one-term President’s most significant accomplishment.

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