FORMER PRESIDENT GERALD FORD DIES AT 93

President Gerald Ford (L), shown in a October 5, 1974 file photo, died at the age of 93 in his home in Rancho Mirage, California on December 26, 2006. President Ford, Bob Hope and an unidentified man are pictured visiting Mrs. Ford at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland during her recovery from breast cancer surgery. (UPI Photo/ David Hume Kennerly/Gerald R. Ford Library)..

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