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George H.W. Bush

ACTOR · BORN 1924 · DIED 2018

George H.W. Bush

Born
12 June 1924
Died
30 November 2018

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George H.W. Bush (12 June 1924 – 30 November 2018) was an actor.

11 Interesting Facts About George H.W. Bush

Interesting Facts (9)

  1. #001

    A 1992 New York Times article depicted Bush as marveling at an ordinary supermarket scanner, helping to cast him as an elitist cut off from everyday American life. The device that impressed him was in fact an advanced prototype able to weigh groceries and read damaged or torn bar codes. It later emerged that the article's author had not even been at the convention where Bush was shown the scanner.

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  2. #002

    The makers of The Simpsons (1989) answered his remarks by animating the family watching his comments, after which Bart says, "Hey, we're just like the Waltons, we're praying for an end to the Depression too".

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  3. #003

    While at Yale, where he captained the baseball team, Bush met the legendary Babe Ruth and was photographed with him. In 1991 the U.S. magazine Entertainment Weekly featured a baseball card Bush had obtained during that period, and collectors were bidding on it as its value climbed near the end of his term in office.

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  4. #004

    His association with conservative Pat Buchanan and Buchanan's "Culture War" speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention are thought to have been two key factors in his failed reelection bid, driving moderates to vote instead for the Democratic candidate, Bill Clinton.

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  5. #005

    On 6 February 2017, a week after being discharged from the hospital ICU where he was treated for pneumonia, he and his wife Barbara carried out the opening coin toss at Super Bowl LI in Houston. The Atlanta Falcons won the toss and chose to let the New England Patriots receive the opening kickoff.

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  6. #006

    He called his fledgling oil business Zapata Oil, taking the name from the 1952 Marlon Brando film Viva Zapata!.

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  7. #007

    Dana Carvey played him on Saturday Night Live (1975), and Bush later invited Carvey and his wife to the White House.

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  8. #008

    James Cromwell, who stands eight inches taller than Bush, portrayed him in W. (2008).

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  9. #009

    He pardoned 6 former government officials who had been implicated in the Iran-Contra affair.

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Career & Awards (2)

  1. #010

    In perhaps the best-known moment of his post-presidency, he resigned his life membership in the National Rifle Association (NRA) in 1995 after the group refused to condemn the Oklahoma City bombing and appeared to endorse some of bomber Timothy McVeigh's radical views.

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  2. #011

    He made no secret of his contempt for Donald Trump's Republican candidacy in the 2016 presidential election and announced he would vote for the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton. Several other senior Republicans said they would do the same.

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