George Herbert Walker Bush, the World War II veteran who was elected the 41st President of the United States is dead as disclosed by his family.
George Bush spent decades serving in government before ascending to the nation’s highest office, having served as United Nations ambassador, CIA chief and vice president under Ronald Reagan.
He lived longer than any other U.S. president and presided over the demise of the Cold War, punctuated by the fall of the Berlin Wall.
He was 94 and left behind two children former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.