George HW Bush is the oldest living former US.
president.
Former US President George Bush Senior has been taken to
hospital after suffering from a shortness of breath, his
spokesman says.
Mr Bush, 90, was taken to the Houston Methodist Hospital
as a precaution, and "will be held for observation, again as
a precaution", said Jim McGrath.
Two years ago, Mr Bush was treated in the same hospital
for more than two months for a bronchitis-related cough
and other issues.
He was president from 1989 to 1993.
He is the oldest living former US president and a World War
II veteran. He can no longer use his legs, but in June
celebrated his 90th birthday by making a tandem parachute
jump.
His son George W Bush served as president from 2001 to
2009.

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