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Jonathan Bush, younger brother of President George H.W. Bush, dies at 89

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May 8, 2021 at 1:40 p.m. EDT
Jonathan Bush, brother of the late President George H.W. Bush, campaigns for his nephew Jeb Bush in 2016. (Wade Spees/Post and Courier/AP)

Jonathan Bush, the younger brother of the late President George H.W. Bush and uncle of former president George W. Bush, died May 5 at his home in Jupiter, Fla. He was 89.

The George & Barbara Bush Foundation announced the death but did not cite a cause. In a post on Twitter, the foundation said he was “a fine gentleman” and “a noble soul,” adding that he was “a great song and dance man -- without a doubt the best dancer of his siblings.”