Family spokesman Jim McGrath Bush confirmed the former president died at 10:10 p.m. Central time.
https://twitter.com/jgm41/status/1068728578890653696
“The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41’s life and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad, and for the condolences of our friends and fellow citizens.”
https://twitter.com/jgm41/status/1068729735495073792
https://twitter.com/Scavino45/status/1068752025998057472
Incumbent President Donald Trump praised Bush’s sound judgement, common sense, and “unflappable” leadership for bringing wealth to the nation.
“President Bush guided our nation, and the world, to a peaceful, and victorious conclusion of the Cold War,” Trump said in a Twitter post. “As President, he set the stage for decades of prosperity that have followed. And through all that he accomplished, he remained humble, following the quiet call to service that gave him a clear sense of direction.”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1068743940755660800
Within hours of Bush’s death Texas A&M University students lay candles in the shape of a T, in front of the former president’s statue outside the Bush School building. The former president was widely known as an avid fan of the university’s football team.
https://twitter.com/KennySWiley/status/1068754617192890368
“One thing President George H. W. Bush loved was Texas A&M football ... He will always be cherished for his love of Texas traditions,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1068754765599911936
Former President Barack Obama will remember Bush’s noble and joyous public service that did “tremendous good along the way” in ousting Iraqi forces from Kuwait through an aggressive response to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s invasion in 1990 that caused Bush’s popularity rating soar to 90 percent.
“America has lost a patriot and humble servant in George Herbert Walker Bush. While our hearts are heavy today, they are also filled with gratitude,” Obama said on Twitter.
“Reducing the scourge of nuclear weapons and building a broad international coalition to expel a dictator from Kuwait. And when democratic revolutions bloomed across Eastern Europe, it was his steady, diplomatic hand that made possible an achievement once thought anything but - ending the Cold War without firing a shot.”
https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1068740570921738241
Bush was in office for one term, from 1989 to 1993. He lost the 1992 election due to voter backlash over breaking his first election’s “read my lips” promise not to raise taxes, and seeming too focused on foreign policy rather than domestic affairs.
https://twitter.com/evansiegfried/status/1068749100869283840
Pop singer Cher made peace with Bush, who she regretted calling “Poppy.” “Didn’t mean to take liberties or be disrespectful,” she said on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/cher/status/1068756131273674752
Students For Trump wished the “American hero and icon” can now “rest easy.”
https://twitter.com/TrumpStudents/status/1068749072406855680
The Baltimore Orioles baseball team announced plans to join in mourning the loss of the former president as well.
https://twitter.com/Orioles/status/1068746725144371201