FORMER PRESIDENT GERALD FORD DIES AT 93
President Gerald Ford (L), shown in a December 19, 1975 file photo with Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger (C) and Associate Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, died at the age of 93 in his home in Rancho Mirage, California on December 26, 2006. (UPI Photo/ David Hume Kennerly/Gerald R. Ford Library)..Description: President Ford ..Date: December 19, 1975...Credit: White House Photograph Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library..Photographer: William Fitz-Patrick
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