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We need to alert women everywhere about the seriousness of heart disease.

Laura Bush

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Laura Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
Autobiographer
Former First Lady Of The United States
Hiv Activist
Librarian
Politician
Teacher
Writer
Midland
Texas
Laura Welch Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush
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