Barbara Bush took a dark secret to her grave — the former first lady never forgave her horndog husband for his affairs after the tragic 1953 death of their three-year-old daughter, Pauline Robinson “Robin” Bush! Read more….
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Barbara Bush took a dark secret
to her grave — the former first lady never forgave her
horndog husband for his affairs after the tragic 1953 death of their three-year-old daughter,
Pauline Robinson "Robin" Bush!
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“Barbara put on a brave face, but it broke her heart,” an insider told
The National ENQUIRER. The
feisty matriarch of the Bush political dynasty carried that anguish until she breathed her last on April 17 at age 92, after a long battle with heart and lung disease.
Photo credit: BACKGRID
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Despite former
President George H.W. Bush being linked to at least
seven women, fiercely protective Barbara always stood by the father of her six children, whom she married in 1945 — and many believed it was because of their shared sorrow.
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Robin succumbed to leukemia in 1953, and Barbara (left) once confessed, “Sometimes the pain was so great I felt the urge to drive into a tree.” Her suffering continued in 1992, when George (center) was accused of an affair with longtime aide Jennifer Fitzgerald (right), and six other women!
Photo credit: Getty Images
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They put it all behind them as their marriage endured for 73 years. When the former first lady refused further medical care,
ailing George sat by her bedside and held her hand as she took her final breaths. The couple is shown here in 1951 with young
George W. and the future 41st president's parents,
Prescott and
Dorothy Walker Bush.
Photo credit: BACKGRID
Barbara Bush took a dark secret
to her grave — the former first lady never forgave her
horndog husband for his affairs after the tragic 1953 death of their three-year-old daughter,
Pauline Robinson "Robin" Bush!
Photo credit: Getty Images/BACKGRID
“Barbara put on a brave face, but it broke her heart,” an insider told
The National ENQUIRER. The
feisty matriarch of the Bush political dynasty carried that anguish until she breathed her last on April 17 at age 92, after a long battle with heart and lung disease.
Despite former
President George H.W. Bush being linked to at least
seven women, fiercely protective Barbara always stood by the father of her six children, whom she married in 1945 — and many believed it was because of their shared sorrow.
Robin succumbed to leukemia in 1953, and Barbara (left) once confessed, “Sometimes the pain was so great I felt the urge to drive into a tree.” Her suffering continued in 1992, when George (center) was accused of an affair with longtime aide Jennifer Fitzgerald (right), and six other women!
Photo credit: Getty Images
They put it all behind them as their marriage endured for 73 years. When the former first lady refused further medical care,
ailing George sat by her bedside and held her hand as she took her final breaths. The couple is shown here in 1951 with young
George W. and the future 41st president's parents,
Prescott and
Dorothy Walker Bush.
