Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson
Former U.S. first lady Lady Bird Johnson has died in Texas at the age of 94, less than two weeks after leaving hospital, a family spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Facts about former first lady Lady Bird Johnson: * Claudia Alta Taylor, born in Karnack, Texas, on December 22, 1912, was 2 years old when her family’s maid came up with her nickname, saying the girl was “purty as a lady bird.” * She graduated from the University of Texas in 1934 with degrees in arts and journalism and intentions to become a reporter. She met Lyndon B. Johnson, then a congressional aide in Washington, that same year and he proposed marriage to her on their first date. She thought he was joking but they were married two months later.