Former U.S. President Gerald Ford Dies at 93

Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th president of the United States, died Tuesday. He was 93 years old.

No cause of death was stated by his family in their announcement. Ford had battled pneumonia in January 2006 and underwent two heart treatments — including an angioplasty — in August at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He died at 6:45 p.m. PST at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

"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," Ford's wife, Betty Ford, said in a brief statement issued from her husband's office.. "His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country."

He was a little too forgiving for my tastes but I'll wait till I've had more coffee and time to digest the news before I say more about that if I do at all.  Fox has a pretty thorough bio; follow the link above. I'll have links and reax later at my place. Come by if you have time.

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I won't clutter this post with all of the links and excerpts I'll be adding to mine but do go read old war dog (not Old War Dog, although he does have a standing invitation) Bruce Kesler's piece here.

Contributed by Bill Faith on December 27, 2006 at 07:19 AM in Bill Faith | Permalink

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