Betty Ford Dies

Betty Ford Will Dedicates $500,000 To Namesake Rehab

AP | Posted 10.11.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Betty Ford Center managers learned this week that the former first lady's final wishes call for the rehab center that bears her name to...

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Addicted Artists We've Lost: A Tribute To Betty Ford

Posted 09.11.2011

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With Betty Ford's death last week, the world at large lost a great humanitarian. But the art world, in particular, lost a benefactor in the former Fir...

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Remembering Betty Ford

Palm Desert, CA Patch | Posted 09.11.2011

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At the heart of a memorial service honoring former first lady Betty Ford sits a vibrant Palm Desert church, where past presidents and first ladies wil...

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Betty Ford Honored At Memorial Service

AP | JEFF WILSON and JOHN ROGERS | Posted 09.11.2011

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PALM DESERT, Calif. — First ladies, past and present, and others who called the White House home remembered Betty Ford on Tuesday, not just for ...

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Michelle Obama Set To Attend Betty Ford Funeral

AP | Posted 09.10.2011

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PALM DESERT, Calif. -- The White House says first lady Michelle Obama will travel to California for the funeral of former first lady Betty Ford. Ford...

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How Betty Ford Invented the Age of Celebrity

Landon Jones | Posted 09.09.2011

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In one sense the former First Lady was also the First Modern Celebrity -- the one person who more than anyone else brought the private lives of the rich and famous into the public sphere.

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WATCH: Breast Cancer And Alcoholism Didn't Stop Betty -- Or Her Marriage

The Huffington Post | Margaret Wheeler Johnson | Posted 09.09.2011

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In some ways, Betty Ford (1918-2011) seemed before her time. She revealed more of her personal life -- including her battles with breast cancer and al...

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PHOTOS: A Look Back At Betty Ford

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 09.07.2011

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Former First Lady Betty Ford passed away at age 93 on Friday. President Barack Obama released the following statement on behalf of himself and Michell...

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Former First Lady Betty Ford Dies At 93

AP | CONNIE CASS and LINDA DEUTSCH | Posted 09.07.2011

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Betty Ford said things that first ladies just don't say, even today. And 1970s America loved her for it. According to Mrs. Ford...

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