- Former President George H.W. Bush died November 30, just 6 months after his wife, former first lady Barbara Bush.
- They were married for 73 years, and still said "I love you" every night.
- A new book on Barbara details allegations that George had a decade-long affair with a personal aide.
- "I have climbed perhaps the highest mountain in the world, but even that cannot hold a candle to being Barbara's husband," George once wrote.
Former President George H.W. Bush died on November 30 at age 94. His wife, the former First Lady Barbara Bush, died in April 2018 at age 92.
They were married for 73 years and are survived by their five children, 17 grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.
Described as a true love story, here is an inside look at the longest marriage in US presidential history.
Barbara Pierce and George Bush met at a dance over Christmas vacation in 1942. She was 16 and he was 17, and Barbara claimed that George was the first boy she ever kissed.
Source: Associated Press
After dating for a year and a half, the two became engaged and planned to get married before George went off to serve in World War II as a Navy pilot. He famously named three of his Navy planes after her, and the two shared love letters while he was away.
On January 6, 1945, the couple married at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye, New York while George was on leave from war. He was 20 and she was 19.
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