Barbara Bush

Former US president George H.W. Bush has been hospitalised just days after his wife of 73 years Barbara passed away.

A spokesman for the family Jim Mcgrath said George Bush Sr. was taken to a hospital in Houston the day after attending the funeral of his wife after an infection spread to his blood.

Past presidents, family and friends came together April 21 to bid a tearful farewell to Barbara Bush, the matriarch of one of America's most prominent political dynasties, at her funeral in Texas.

Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush, the only woman to see her husband and son both sworn in as president, died on April 17, the Bush family said. She was 92.

Barbara Bush, the former First Lady married to George H.W. Bush, has died today.

The Office of George H. W. Bush confirmed her death on Tuesday, saying in a statement, "A former First Lady of the United States of America and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at the age of 92.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush launched a White House bid months in the making with a vow to win the Republican presidential nomination on his own merits and stay true to his beliefs - easier said than done in a crowded primary contest where his conservative credentials will be sharply challenged.

Former U.S. president George H. W. Bush, 90, has been admitted to a Texas hospital suffering shortness of breath, a family spokesman said Dec. 23.

"President Bush was taken by ambulance to the Houston Methodist Hospital as a precaution after experiencing a shortness of breath earlier this evening," his spokesman Jim McGrath said.