I just heard the news that our 38th President passed away on 12/26/06 at 93 years of age.

My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

chuff

Although I was too young to remember him as President I think it's telling of his character to pretty much remove himself from the public spotlight for all these years.

I know that many people my age didn't even realize he was still alive. What's even sadder is I think there are some people my age who didn't know he ever served as President, which although we were young was still in our lifetimes.

J_9

Oh, my home town is in great mourning right now. He was from the city of Grand Rapids Michigan, I got a call from my mother (she lives there) this morning.

My thoughts and prayers are also with him and his family.

Allheart

He was a good man J_9 - The Below is a quote from President Bush:

"The American people will always admire Gerald Ford's devotion to duty, his personal character, and the honorable conduct of his administration," Bush said. "We mourn the loss of such a leader, and our 38th President will always have a special place in our Nation's memory."

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ordinaryguy

Of course, the thing he's most remembered for is pardoning Nixon. Here's Bob Woodward's retrospective piece about it in today's Washington Post: Writing an End to Watergate

Jesushelper76

Yes, I have not much memory of him eighter. Maybe the world would be a safer place if he was our president now instead of Georgie fellow.

That is another story. As far as 93 that is such a healthy age. May his family know that there are many people mourning his loss even people who do not even knew of him or remember him.

Joe