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Wed 11 Jul, 2007 05:18 pm
Quote:AUSTIN, Texas - Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, Lyndon B. Johnson, died Wednesday, a family spokeswoman said. She was 94.
Johnson, who suffered a stroke in 2002 that affected her ability to speak, returned home late last month after a week at Seton Medical Center, where she'd been admitted for a low-grade fever.
She died at her Austin home of natural causes and she was surrounded by family and friends, said spokeswoman Elizabeth Christian.
Even after the stroke, Johnson still managed to make occasional public appearances and get outdoors to enjoy her beloved wildflowers. But she was unable to speak more than a few short phrases, and more recently did not speak at all, Anne Wheeler, spokeswoman for the LBJ Library and Museum, said in 2006. She communicated her thoughts and needs by writing, Wheeler said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070711/ap_on_re_us/obit_johnson
just saw this...one would have thought she'd be with us forever...
A wonderful woman and a great Texan
But I can still hear her voice...
She seemed like the best representation of a fine, strong, southern woman.
I always think of her when I see roadside plantings of native perennials. She was a truly wonderful leader in the area of conservation.
me mum, a goldwater republican. met Lady bird in the elevator of the LBJ museum. lady bird invited me mum to her office and had a nice chat. Me mum never forgot how nice lady bird was as a human bean (she almost converted to democrat.)
Ah, I was wondering why her bio was on the air today.
My poor old memory might be wrong, but I do remember Lyndon describing Lady Bird as the kind of woman you would have wanted with you on a long covered wagon trek into the wilds of the west.
She was the epitome of a fine, strong and intelligent Southern lady.
A pity she was married to one of the biggest career criminals of all time and one of the prime criminals in the assassination of JFK
Well I don't know if he was involved in Kennedy's assassination, but it has been said that he had a loyal following including the occupants in many cemeteries in Texas.