According to Fox News Channel, former Pres. Gerald Rudolph Ford has passed away at age 93.
11:45 p.m., Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
UPDATED 1 a.m., December 27th, 2006 and 2 a.m., December 27th, 2006
Bottom image - updated at 1 a.m., Wednesday, December 27th, 2006 - from the Fox News Channel web site.
11:45 p.m., Tuesday, December 26th, 2006: It was just announced that former U.S. President Gerald Ford passed away at 93 years-old in
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He was born in
The announcement came on Fox News at approximately 11:45 p.m., December 26th, 2006.
He was the longest living president in US history; having passed former President Ronald Reagan on November 26th, 2006.
According to Fox News, a statement was released by his widow, First Lady Betty Ford, by way of the
"My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed away at 93 years of age. His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country."
The cause of death was not released, although he was not an admitted patient at the time of death. Perhaps more details will be released later. He had been treated earlier at the Rancho Mirage hospital for pneumonia, last January 2006.
As recently as last August, he had been treated at the Mayo Clinic in
He was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 1948, representing the
As the 40th
He replaced former
He was the 38th and only un-elected president in our country’s history. He took office on August 9, 1974 and served until January 20, 1977.
His first act was to officially pardon former President Richard Nixon, which many historians say contributed to his election loss to President Jimmy Carter in 1976.
It was during his term in office that the Vietnam War ended with
He was well liked on both sides of the aisle. He was friendly, open and honest with the public and was known for liking media reporters. He was known to say that he had many adversaries but no enemies.
I’ll update this post after bit.
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