George H.W. Bush | 1924-2018

President Obama presents the Medal of Freedom to former President George H.W. Bush at the White House in 2011.

President-elect Barack Obama is welcomed by President George W. Bush, center, to the White House on Jan. 7, 2009. They were joined by former presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

President George H.W. Bush in Saudi Arabia in 1992.

President George W. Bush speaks from the White House after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, as former presidents Bill Clinton, left, and George H.W. Bush look on.

From left, Presidents George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon attend a ceremony at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley on Nov. 4, 1991.

President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the White House in 1990.

President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush greet Marines during a Thanksgiving visit in Saudi Arabia in 1990.

George H.W. Bush is sworn into office as the 41st president of the United States on Jan. 20, 1989.

Former President Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, First Lady Barbara Bush and President George H.W. Bush walk down the Capitol steps after Bush’s inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 1989.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana meet Vice President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush at the British ambassador’s residence in Washington in 1985.

President Reagan, left, and Vice President George H.W. Bush at the Republican National Convention in Dallas on Aug. 24, 1984.

Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush celebrate after receiving the nominations for president and vice president at the Republican National Convention in Detroit in 1980.

New York Yankees baseball legend Babe Ruth with George H.W. Bush in 1946. Bush played for Yale University.