US former president George H.W. Bush was hospitalized in Maine on Sunday, May 27, 2018 after experiencing low blood pressure and fatigue. [Photo provided to China Daily]
WASHINGTON - Former US president George H.W. Bush has died Friday at the age of 94, according to a statement from his office.
Family spokesman Jim McGrath says Bush died shortly after 10 pm Friday, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush.
The nation's 41st president served from 1989 to 1993, and eight years later watched his son George W. became the 43rd president.
FILE PHOTO: US President George W. Bush (L) speaks to his father, former US President George H.W. Bush, during the dedication of the new US embassy in Beijing August 8, 2008. [Photo/Agencies]
The elder Bush saw his popularity swell with the United States' success in the Gulf War in 1991, only to watch it evaporate in a brief but deep recession. The Republican was defeated in his bid for a second term by Democrat Bill Clinton.
Bush had also been a World War II hero, Texas congressman, CIA director and Ronald Reagan's vice president.
Only one other US president, John Adams, had a son who also became president.
George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara in Beijing in 1974. [Photo/Agencies]
