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« on: July 11, 2007, 04:38:47 PM »
I can't find a story on it yet. She was 94.
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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2007, 04:44:22 PM »
How'd you find out? Her wiki page indicates that she died. This is more evidence for the increasing irrelevance of the American media. RIP, Lady Bird.
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2007, 04:44:47 PM »
"Lady Bird Johnson Dies at 94"

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, died Wednesday, a family spokeswoman said. She was 94.
Lady Bird Johnson returned home late last month after a week at Seton Medical Center, where she'd been admitted for a low-grade fever. Her husband died in 1973.

She died at her Austin home of natural causes about 4:18 p.m. CDT. Elizabeth Christian, the spokeswoman, said she was surrounded by family and friends.

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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2007, 04:45:44 PM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on July 11, 2007, 04:44:22 PM
How'd you find out? Her wiki page indicates that she died. This is more evidence for the increasing irrelevance of the American media. RIP, Lady Bird.

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« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2007, 04:47:44 PM »
She had a long life. Great First Lady.
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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2007, 04:51:14 PM »
She lived pretty long, 94 years. RIP
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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2007, 04:51:22 PM »
RIP.
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« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2007, 04:51:49 PM »
sorry to hear she died.  I just found out.
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« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2007, 04:51:54 PM »
RIP
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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2007, 05:12:34 PM »
RIP
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« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2007, 05:33:35 PM »
A shame, but 94 is impressive. RIP.
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« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2007, 06:37:26 PM »
RIP. Lady Bird must be among the longest lived First Lady's

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« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2007, 06:42:44 PM »
I am pretty sure she has the record as the First Lady who outlived her husband for the most years.

I thank her for the beautification of our highways. Always nice to see flowers and trees along the highway. Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2007, 07:50:50 PM »
A wonderful lady.
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« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2007, 07:55:24 PM »
RIP
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« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2007, 08:37:55 PM »
Sad RIP.
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« Reply #16 on: July 11, 2007, 08:59:09 PM »
RIP

Couple of things I would like to say, but now is not the time for that.
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« Reply #17 on: July 11, 2007, 09:25:26 PM »
RIP
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« Reply #18 on: July 11, 2007, 09:50:25 PM »
Rest in Peace.
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« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2007, 12:30:56 AM »
When I was passing through Fredericksburg back in May, I remember an employee at the Nimitz Museum telling me Laby Bird Johnson had stopped by just two weeks earlier. This came as quite a surprise to me, because I had thought she'd already died.

Rest in peace, Mrs. Johnson. Thank you for the Johnson Wildflower Center, and the bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush along the highways.
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« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2007, 02:59:53 AM »
Quote from: Eraserhead on July 11, 2007, 04:47:44 PM
She had a long life. Great First Lady.

Indeed she was. RIP Lady Bird.

To think she convinced LBJ not to run in 1968....
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« Reply #21 on: July 12, 2007, 03:34:08 AM »
Quote from: Rockefeller Republican on July 12, 2007, 02:59:53 AM
To think she convinced LBJ not to run in 1968....

She should be honored for that action alone.

RIP
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« Reply #22 on: July 12, 2007, 05:05:00 AM »
Rest In Peace.
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« Reply #23 on: July 12, 2007, 07:57:18 PM »
RIP.  She helped in a troubling time.
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« Reply #24 on: July 13, 2007, 01:30:15 AM »
Quote from: Rockefeller Republican on July 12, 2007, 02:59:53 AM
Quote from: Eraserhead on July 11, 2007, 04:47:44 PM
She had a long life. Great First Lady.

Indeed she was. RIP Lady Bird.

To think she convinced LBJ not to run in 1968....

RIP - A great First Lady who was overshadowed. She did great work.

It's actually her handwriting on the script of Johnson's decision to not contest '68 - Originally it just said "I shall not seek the nomination of my party for another term as your president" - she's written on it "and I will not accept"
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