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Photos: George H. W. Bush through the years

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Photograph by Barry Thumma

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President Bush addresses the nation on television from the Oval Office in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1989 as he explains his decision to deploy American troops to Panama.
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Photograph by Barry Thumma
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In this May 3, 2006 photo, former President George H.W. Bush embraces former first lady Barbara Bush after she introduced him at the Genesis Women's Shelter Mother's Day Luncheon in Dallas.
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Photograph by Tony Gutierrez
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George H.W. Bush sits on couch with his wife Barbara and their children in 1964. George W Bush sits at right behind his mother. Behind couch are Neil and Jeb Bush. Sitting with parents are Dorothy and Marvin Bush.
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George Bush, president of Zapata Off-Shore oil company, is shown in 1963.
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President George Bush raises his right hand as he is sworn into office as the 41st president of the United States by Chief Justice William Rehnquist outside the west front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 1989.
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Photograph by BOB DAUGHERTY
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George Bush is shown at age 14 or 15 in 1939. Bush was born in 1924 in Milton, Mass., and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., in 1942, and joined the United States Navy to fight in World War II.
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U.S. President-elect Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President-elect George Bush share a laugh during their first news conference in which they announced their transitional team in Los Angeles, Ca., Nov. 6, 1980.
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George Bush is shown with wife Barbara in 1945.
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George Herbert Walker Bush is pictured when he was one and a half year old. He was born 12 June 1924 in Milton, Massachussetts. (AFP/Getty Images)
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George Herbert Walker Bush is pictured with his sister Mercy in 1929. (AFP/Getty Images)
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American airforce pilot and future President of the United States George Bush. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
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George Bush Sr. holds a young George W. in New Haven, CT. April 1947. (Photo by Newsmakers)
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Photo of George H.W. Bush (R) with President Richard Nixon, circa 1970; Bush was a U.S. representative from Texas from 1967-1971. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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George Herbert Walker Bush appears on 'Face the Nation,' Washington, DC, September 14, 1973. Bush was ambassador to the United Nations and chairman of the Republican National Committee during the Nixon administration. (CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
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George Herbert Walker Bush poses with his wife Barbara in Beijing in 1974. (AFP/Getty Images)
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(L-R) Lady Bird Johnson, President George H.W. Bush, Barbara Bush, President Gerald R. Ford, Betty Ford, President Jimmy Carter, and Rosalyn Carter at the Gerald R. Ford Library re-dedication on April 16, 1997. (David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
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President Gerald Ford meets with Republican National Committee Chairman George Bush, August 22, 1974. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
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Republican Presidential candidate George Bush sits with his wife Barbara November 1, 1978 in Hoston, TX. Bush is campaigning for the presidential primary elections. (Dirck Halstead/Liaison)
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George H.W. Bush (center) jogs with unidentified others during his (then-unsuccessful) campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination, Omaha, Nebraska, January 1980. (Robert R. McElroy/Getty Images)
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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (R) meets with US Vice-President George Bush at the Soviet embassy, 10 December 1987, on the final day of Gorbachev's summit visit in USA. (JEROME DELAY/AFP/Getty Images)
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President elect George Bush is smashed by a wave 14 November 1988 while fishing in back of the home of William Farish in Florida. (Photo credit should read ROBERT SULLIVAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ronald Reagan helps Vice President George Bush campaign for the presidency. (Photo By Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)
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Portrait of the forty-first president of the United States George Bush, circa 1989. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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A file picture taken on May 2, 1994 in Washington shows US singer Whitney Houston (L) posing with then US President George Bush at the White House. (JEROME DELAY/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President George Bush poses for photographers after his address to the nation, 27 September 1991, in the Oval Office of the White House. (LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Boris Yeltsin, President George Bush And Barbara Bush at The White House In Washington, DC. (Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)
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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush (C) performs a tandem parachute jump with Army Golden Knight Sgt. Bryan Schnell on June 13, 2004 over the Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. (U.S. Army/Texas A&M University/Getty Images)
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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush (R) shakes hands with musician Bono during the opening session of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) September 24, 2008 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Former President George H.W. Bush, President-elect Barack Obama, President George W. Bush and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter pose in the Oval Office on Jan. 7, 2009 at the White House. (David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
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Former Presidents George W. Bush and George Bush Sr. prior to Game 4 of the 2010 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark on October 31, 2010 in Arlington, Texas. (Rich Pilling/MLB Photos/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) presents former U.S. President George H.W. Bush with the 2010 Medal of Freedom in the East Room of the White House February 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Former President George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara watch the game between the Colorado Rockies and the Houston Astros on Opening Day at Minute Maid Park on April 6, 2012 in Houston, Texas. (Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama (R) speaks on a podium with (L-R) Barbara Bush, President George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush and Laura Bush at the George W. Bush Presidential Center April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush sits in a wheelchair as U.S. President Barack Obama (R) escorts him into the East Room during an event at the White House, July 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Mike Elliott, US Army Sergeant 1st Class (ret), jump out of a helicopter and parachutes down to St. Anne's Episcopal Church on June 12, 2014 in Kennebunkport, Maine. (Eric Shea/Getty Images)
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Former President George H.W. Bush receives some sun screen as they get ready to watch the Seattle Mariners play the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on May 3, 2015 in Houston, Texas. (Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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Former President George H.W. Bush throws out the first pitch to Collin McHugh #31 of the Houston Astros before a game against the Kansas City Royals at Minute Maid Park on April 12, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Bob Levey/Getty Images)
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President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush arrives for the coin toss prior to Super Bowl 51 between the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
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