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The wife of one of the greatest presidents of the 20th century has been hospitalized....bless our benevolent former first-lady.
Ryan.
AUSTIN, Texas (May 3) - Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson was taken to the hospital Thursday after she became ill at her home, a family friend said.
A spokeswoman for Seton Medical Center in Austin said the nature of Johnson's illness hadn't been determined but that she was resting comfortably.
''Seems to me she's doing pretty well,'' said George Christian, who was President Lyndon Johnson's press secretary and has been close friends with the former first lady for years. ''There's always a danger that it's serious but at this point anyway she hasn't even been diagnosed.''
Her press assistant, Betty Tilson, told the Austin American-Statesman that the 89-year-old former first lady was having problems speaking and the Secret Service thought it best to call an ambulance. The newspaper also reported on its Web site that Johnson had trouble swallowing.
''The Secret Service is always alert to her condition and they don't take any chances,'' Christian told The Associated Press, adding that Johnson has been hospitalized in the past with heart problems. Turpin said she has a pacemaker.
Johnson was awake and visiting with family and friends, including Christian, her daughter, Luci Baines Johnson, and son-in-law, Ian Turpin. The daughter said Johnson has been in and out of the hospital since January.
The circumstances ''are challenging as they frequently are when one gets older, but mother is handling them with great dignity and grace as she has all things,'' Luci Johnson told Austin radio station KLBJ.
Johnson was admitted to the same hospital in 1999 after fainting at her home, and also underwent cataract surgery that year. In 1993, she suffered what was described as a minor stroke.
Her husband died in 1973. They had been married for almost 39 years.
While in the White House, from 1963 to 1969, Lady Bird Johnson served as honorary chairman of the national Head Start program and held a series of luncheons spotlighting women of achievement. But she was best known as the determined environmentalist who wanted roadside billboards and junkyards replaced with trees and wildflowers.
Although she has been in failing health in recent years, Johnson makes periodic public appearances at the LBJ Library and Museum and at civic events in Austin.
She also has remained active in her family business, the privately held LBJ Holding Co., but has handed the leadership duties of the broadcasting company to her daughter.
Ryan.
AUSTIN, Texas (May 3) - Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson was taken to the hospital Thursday after she became ill at her home, a family friend said.
A spokeswoman for Seton Medical Center in Austin said the nature of Johnson's illness hadn't been determined but that she was resting comfortably.
''Seems to me she's doing pretty well,'' said George Christian, who was President Lyndon Johnson's press secretary and has been close friends with the former first lady for years. ''There's always a danger that it's serious but at this point anyway she hasn't even been diagnosed.''
Her press assistant, Betty Tilson, told the Austin American-Statesman that the 89-year-old former first lady was having problems speaking and the Secret Service thought it best to call an ambulance. The newspaper also reported on its Web site that Johnson had trouble swallowing.
''The Secret Service is always alert to her condition and they don't take any chances,'' Christian told The Associated Press, adding that Johnson has been hospitalized in the past with heart problems. Turpin said she has a pacemaker.
Johnson was awake and visiting with family and friends, including Christian, her daughter, Luci Baines Johnson, and son-in-law, Ian Turpin. The daughter said Johnson has been in and out of the hospital since January.
The circumstances ''are challenging as they frequently are when one gets older, but mother is handling them with great dignity and grace as she has all things,'' Luci Johnson told Austin radio station KLBJ.
Johnson was admitted to the same hospital in 1999 after fainting at her home, and also underwent cataract surgery that year. In 1993, she suffered what was described as a minor stroke.
Her husband died in 1973. They had been married for almost 39 years.
While in the White House, from 1963 to 1969, Lady Bird Johnson served as honorary chairman of the national Head Start program and held a series of luncheons spotlighting women of achievement. But she was best known as the determined environmentalist who wanted roadside billboards and junkyards replaced with trees and wildflowers.
Although she has been in failing health in recent years, Johnson makes periodic public appearances at the LBJ Library and Museum and at civic events in Austin.
She also has remained active in her family business, the privately held LBJ Holding Co., but has handed the leadership duties of the broadcasting company to her daughter.
