Editing George H. W. Bush (section)

== Death and funeral ==
{{Main|Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush}}
[[File:Bush Rotunda.jpg|thumb|Bush [[lying in state]] in the [[United States Capitol rotunda|U.S. Capitol rotunda]]]]
After a long battle with vascular [[Parkinson's disease]], Bush [[Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush|died at his home]] in Houston on November 30, 2018, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former President George H.W. Bush dead at 94 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-george-hw-bush-dead-94/story?id=44866630 |work=ABC News |date=December 1, 2018 |access-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414231543/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-george-hw-bush-dead-94/story?id=44866630 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nytimes_obituary">{{cite news |last=Nagourney |first=Adam |date=November 30, 2018 |title=George Bush, 41st President, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/politics/george-hw-bush-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/politics/george-hw-bush-dies.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 30, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At the time of his death he was the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived U.S. president]] until March 22, 2019, when [[Jimmy Carter]] surpassed his lifespan.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bowden |first=John |date=November 25, 2017 |title=Bush 41 becomes longest-living president in US history |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/361795-bush-41-becomes-longest-living-president-in-us-history/ |work=The Hill |location=Washington, D.C. | access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Barrow| first=Bill| title=Jimmy Carter's new milestone: Longest-lived U.S. president| work=The Detroit News| url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/22/carter-president-longest-lived/39240613/| date=March 22, 2019| access-date=March 22, 2019| archive-date=March 22, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322193330/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/22/carter-president-longest-lived/39240613/| url-status=live}}</ref> He was also the [[List of vice presidents of the United States by age|third-oldest vice president]].{{efn|The longest-lived U.S. vice president is [[John Nance Garner]], who died on November 7, 1967, 15 days short of his 99th birthday.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Janna |date=January 22, 2009 |title=Texans who were presidents, vice-presidents |url=http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/leisure/texans-who-were-presidents-vice-presidents/article_6b538cd2-aa2a-53a2-bc6f-6df30cfadf71.html |work=Fort Hood Sentinel |location=Fort Hood, Texas |access-date=April 22, 2018 |archive-date=April 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405120609/http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/leisure/texans-who-were-presidents-vice-presidents/article_6b538cd2-aa2a-53a2-bc6f-6df30cfadf71.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}} Bush [[Lying in state#United States|lay in state]] in the [[United States Capitol rotunda|Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol]] from December 3 through December 5; he was the 12th U.S. president to be accorded this honor.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bush-expected-to-lie-in-state-in-us-capitol-in-line-with-tradition-trump-to-attend-funeral| title=George H.W. Bush to lie in state in US Capitol; Trump to attend funeral| last1=Pergram| first1=Chad| last2=Shaw| first2=Adam| others=[[John Roberts (journalist)|John Roberts]] contributed to this report| date=December 1, 2018| publisher=Fox News| access-date=January 21, 2019| archive-date=April 1, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401025331/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bush-expected-to-lie-in-state-in-us-capitol-in-line-with-tradition-trump-to-attend-funeral| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Individuals Who Have Lain in State or in Honor| url=https://history.house.gov/Institution/Lie-In-State/Lie-In-State-Honor/| publisher=Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives| location=Washington, D.C.| access-date=January 21, 2019| archive-date=April 10, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410011453/https://history.house.gov/Institution/Lie-In-State/Lie-In-State-Honor/| url-status=live}}</ref> Then, on December 5, Bush's casket was transferred from the Capitol rotunda to [[Washington National Cathedral]] where a state funeral was held.<ref name=cbsnewsfuneral>{{cite news| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| title=Thousands honor former President George H.W. Bush at National Cathedral funeral| date=December 6, 2018| publisher=CBS News| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/president-george-h-w-bush-funeral-national-cathedral-washington-dc-live-stream-today-2018-12-05/| access-date=January 19, 2019| archive-date=April 18, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418043430/https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/president-george-h-w-bush-funeral-national-cathedral-washington-dc-live-stream-today-2018-12-05/| url-status=live}}</ref> After the funeral, Bush's body was transported to George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in [[College Station, Texas]], where he was buried next to his wife Barbara and daughter Robin.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/us/bush-texas-funeral-burial.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/us/bush-texas-funeral-burial.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live | title=For George Bush, One Last Funeral, and then a 70-Mile Train Ride| newspaper=The New York Times| date=December 12, 2018| last1=Fernandez| first1=Manny}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At the funeral, former president George W. Bush eulogized his father saying,
"He looked for the good in each person, and he usually found it."<ref name=cbsnewsfuneral/>