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Emotional and humorous tributes have been paid to former first lady Barbara Bush at her funeral service in Texas.
Mrs Bush was the matriarch of a political dynasty that included two US presidents – her husband George HW Bush and her son George W Bush.
According to BBC, past presidents, pizzeria owners and historians were among the estimated 1,500 mourners at St Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston.
Mrs Bush, a literacy campaigner, died at her home on Tuesday, aged 92.
The first lady from 1989 to 1993 had been in failing health for some time and had declined further medical treatment.
Her son Jeb Bush, Florida’s ex-governor, drew laughs from the crowd in a eulogy at the church where his parents have worshipped since the 1950s.
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