dead Lady Bird Johnson

[deadsox 894]

I hear that Nancy Reagan may be a good pick in the near future. Anyone have any thoughts?

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

I've got loads of thoughts, not too many about ex-first ladies mind. Tell us Deadsox, what is the source of the information about Nancy?

[Bennett_Cerf 2]

You don't say! Now, it would also behoove you to inform us of the average age attained prior to demise of all of these women.

 

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington Age at Death: 70

Abigail Smith Adams Age at Death: 73

Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson Age at Death: 33

Dolley Payne Todd Madison Age at Death: 81

Elizabeth Kortright Monroe Age at Death: 62

Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams Age at Death: 77

Rachel Donelson Jackson Age at Death: 61

Hannah Hoes Van Buren Age at Death: 35

Anna Symmes Harrison Age at Death: 88

Letitia Christian Tyler Age at Death: 51

Julia Gardiner Tyler Age at Death: 69

Sarah Childress Polk Age at Death: 69

Margaret Smith Taylor Age at Death: 63

Abigail Powers Fillmore Age at Death: 55

Jane Means Appleton Pierce Age at Death: 57

Harriet Lane Johston-Hostess for Buchanan Age at Death: 73

Mary Todd Lincoln Age at Death: 63

Eliza McCardle Johnson Age at Death: 65

Julia Dent Grant Age at Death: 76

Lucy Ware Webb Hayes Age at Death: 57

Lucretia Rudolph Garfield Age at Death: 85

Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur Age at Death: 42

Caroline Lavina Scott Harrison Age at death: 60

Frances Folsom Cleveland Age at Death: 83

Ida Saxton McKinley Age at Death: 59

Edith Carow Roosevelt Age at Death: 87

Helen Herron Taft Age at Death: 82

Ellen Axson Wilson Age at Death: 54

Edith Galt Wilson Age at Death: 89

Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding Age at Death: 64

Grace Goodhue Coolidge Age at Death: 78

Lou Henry Hoover Age at Death: 68

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Age at Death: 78

Bess Trueman - above.

Mary "Mamie" Doud Eisenhower Age at Death: 82

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Age at Death: 64

 

 

Claudia "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson

Date of Birth: December 22, 1912

 

Thelma "Pat" Ryan Nixon Age at Death: 81

 

Betty Bloomer Warren Ford

Date of Birth: July 28, 1929

 

Rosalynn Smith Carter

Date of Birth: August 18, 1927

 

Nancy Davis Reagan

Date of Birth: July 6, 1921

 

Barbara Pierce Bush

Date of Birth: June 8, 1925

 

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Date of Birth: October 26, 1947

 

Laura Welch Bush

Date of Birth: November 4, 1946

Oh, well done OoO, well done! Thank you ever so much!

[The Four Horsemen 26]

And for your next trick, which of those first ladies outlived their respective husbands and which died while their husbands were still in office?

[DevonDeathTrip 2,358]

And for your next trick, which of those first ladies outlived their respective husbands and which died while their husbands were still in office?

 

Some of the above didn't even make it to the White House

 

Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson died only two weeks after her husband was elected to office. She was buried wearing the gown she was supposed to wear to his inauguration ceremony.

 

Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, wife of Chester Arthur died before he was elected, her sister Mary served as unofficial first lady during Arthur's term in office.

 

Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson died 20 twenty years before the election of Thomas Jefferson - she was diabetic.

 

Hannah Van Buren died 17 years before Martin Van Buren's election. She was his cousin as well as his wife.

 

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

Hannah Van Buren died 17 years before Martin Van Buren's election. She was his cousin as well as his wife.

 

 

Ah, those were the days, they don't make first ladies like that no more.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,186]

T4H, you don't ask for much, do you!

 

Apart from the ones DDT has mentioned:

 

Outlived: Nancy Reagan, LadyBird Johnson, Jackie Onassis, Bess Trueman, Marnie Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Coolidge, Florence Harding, Edith Wilson (2nd wife of Woodrow), Nellie Taft, Edith Roosevelt, Ida McKinley, Frances Cleveland, Lucretia Garfield, Julia Grant, Eliza Johnson, Mary Lincoln, Harriet Johnson (niece of Buchanan but 1st lady), Margaret Taylor, Sarah Polk, Julia Tyler (2nd wife of John), Anna Harrison, Louisa Adams, Dolley Madison, Martha Washington

 

Died in Husband's term of office: Ellen Wilson, Caroline Harrison, Abigail Fillmore, Letitia Tyler (1st wife of John)

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

Nice one Octi, can you do us the same for spouses of UK Prime Ministers and Mayors and Mayoresses of Maryport?

[Windsor 2,233]

T4H, you don't ask for much, do you!

 

Apart from the ones DDT has mentioned:

 

Outlived: Nancy Reagan, LadyBird Johnson, Jackie Onassis, Bess Trueman, Marnie Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Coolidge, Florence Harding, Edith Wilson (2nd wife of Woodrow), Nellie Taft, Edith Roosevelt, Ida McKinley, Frances Cleveland, Lucretia Garfield, Julia Grant, Eliza Johnson, Mary Lincoln, Harriet Johnson (niece of Buchanan but 1st lady), Margaret Taylor, Sarah Polk, Julia Tyler (2nd wife of John), Anna Harrison, Louisa Adams, Dolley Madison, Martha Washington

 

Died in Husband's term of office: Ellen Wilson, Caroline Harrison, Abigail Fillmore, Letitia Tyler (1st wife of John)

 

When...err..if Hilary Clinton becomes President, will that make the former President Clinton the First Gentleman?

What the hell will he be?

[MyBrainHurts2 4]

When...err..if Hilary Clinton becomes President, will that make the former President Clinton the First Gentleman?

What the hell will he be?

 

A dirty old man, same as he is now.

 

Now...about Hilary's interns...

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

You're assuming he'll live that long, heart surgery on a major scale a while back, an outside bet to peg out ahead of her election in 2008.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,186]

Nice one Octi, can you do us the same for spouses of UK Prime Ministers and Mayors and Mayoresses of Maryport?

Unless you supply me a list with the latter, no.

 

This one is more interesting as more often the males outlive the females (almost the reverse of the US), so I'm going to change it slightly in wives/partners etc that died BEFORE Hubby (or wife in one case):

 

Denis Thatcher, Audrey Callaghan, Elizabeth Douglas-Home, Dorothy MacMillan, Violet Attlee, Lucy Baldwin, Margaret McDonald, Annie Bonar Law, Margaret Lloyd-George (DLG's 1st wife), Helen Asquith (HA's 1st wife), Arthur Balfour never married but his fiancee died before the wedding, Hannah de Rothschild (Marquess de Roseberry's wife), Mary Disraeli, BOTH of the Earl of Aberdeen's wives died before he became PM, Adelaide Ribblesdale (Earl Russell's first wife), Lady Caroline-Posonby Lamb (Viscount Melbourne's wife),

Catherine Pakenham (Wellington's wife), Louise Hervey (Earl of Liverpool's 1st wife), BOTH of Henry Addington's wives, Lady Dorothy Cavendish, BOTH of the Earl of Shelbourne's wives, Anne North, Duke of Grafton's first wife, and a few more in the 18th century, but I'm bored now. You get the gist.....

 

Died whilst partner was in term of office:

Charlotte Campbell-Bannerman

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

Octi, you're a gem. Re mayors of Maryport, couldn't even tell you who the current incumbant is, you can often spot them cos they're the only one in town with a shiny car.

[Octopus of Odstock 2,186]

Octi, you're a gem. Re mayors of Maryport, couldn't even tell you who the current incumbant is, you can often spot them cos they're the only one in town with a shiny car.

 

Glad you inserted the word shiny in there.

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

Some days there's - ooh - a dozen cars in Maryport at one time. Lucky the mayor's has a bit of polish on it so's we never get it confused with the other rust buckets.

 

Look hard at the Maryport picture below....do you see many cars? The area on the harbour in front of the Sea Life Centre - ie about central in this picture - is a car park!

 

Oh aye, and Lady Bird Johnson is a very old lady so we sould - like - get back on topic soon eh?

[The Four Horsemen 26]

Were there a round of applause smiley to hand, I would use it in recognition of the rather marvellous lists of OoO - I doff my cap in your general direction, Sir!

[Cowboy Ronnie 78]

It always seemed a little curious that all members of the Johnson family had the same initials - LBJ. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, his wife, their children Lynda Bird and Lucie Baines, even family dog Little Beagle Johnson. Apparently the ever modest President took it upon himself to bestow his loved ones with names which matched his own initials.

 

This made me wonder if he renamed his wife (real name Claudia Alta Taylor), but it turns out she had the Lady Bird nickname since childhood, because someone thought she "looked cute as a lady bird". Delightful - named after a bug. How many other famous figures could also fall into this category? Here's an initial list:

 

Adam Ant

Ant (from Ant and Dec)

Patrick Roach (from Auf Wiedersehen Pet)

Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Maggott (off Big Brother, reportedly some sort of musician)

 

can anyone think of any others?

[in eternum+ 22]

How many other famous figures could also fall into this category? can anyone think of any others?

Mary Roach. As the author of Stiff, she'd be sure to get an obit if she died suddenly, if only for the comedy value.

[Magere Hein 1,400]

How many other famous figures could also fall into this category?

There's a Canadian musician Jaymz Bee, although the spelling looks iffy. And there's an artist who calls himelf Fly.

 

regards,

Hein

[Madame Defarge 21]

How many other famous figures could also fall into this category?

There's a Canadian musician Jaymz Bee, although the spelling looks iffy. And there's an artist who calls himelf Fly.

 

regards,

Hein

 

The lovely character actress(and honoree of the Freedon From Religion Foundation),Butterfly

McQueen. She died in a house fire in 1995.

 

 

http://www.ronaldbrucemeyer.com/rants/0108almanac.htm

[Slave to the Grave 26]

It always seemed a little curious that all members of the Johnson family had the same initials - LBJ. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, his wife, their children Lynda Bird and Lucie Baines, even family dog Little Beagle Johnson. Apparently the ever modest President took it upon himself to bestow his loved ones with names which matched his own initials.

 

This made me wonder if he renamed his wife (real name Claudia Alta Taylor), but it turns out she had the Lady Bird nickname since childhood, because someone thought she "looked cute as a lady bird". Delightful - named after a bug. How many other famous figures could also fall into this category? Here's an initial list:

 

Adam Ant

Ant (from Ant and Dec)

Patrick Roach (from Auf Wiedersehen Pet)

Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Maggott (off Big Brother, reportedly some sort of musician)

 

can anyone think of any others?

 

Midge Ure

(G)nat King Cole

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

The Jim Rose circus featured Wasp Man who donned a black t-shirt, yellow and black striped trousers and boasted - I think - a waistline under 20 inches.

[Cowboy Ronnie 78]

DL candidates past and present:

 

Moth-er Theresa

Bea Arthur

Abdelaziz Boutefli-ka

 

ok, enough silliness from me for today.....

[maryportfuncity 10,639]

There's that great folkie band The Roches

[Madame Defarge 21]

Then there's country music singer Skeeter Davis.

 

Yip, Ladybird Johnson is old, and could peg out at any moment.