Former President George W. Bush expressed sorrow over the death of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and shared a painting in her honor.
Bush said he and his wife were “heartbroken” after hearing the news about Albright and praised her for having “lived out the American dream” and helping “others realize it,” according to a statement issued by the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
“I respect her love of country and public service,” Bush said in the statement, adding he and his wife were “grateful” to have been able to call Albright their “friend.”
Albright, who served as the 64th secretary of state, died at 84 years old from cancer, according to a statement released by her family. As a young girl from what was then Czechoslovakia, Albright, who had been born Marie Jana Korbelova, went on to flee from both Nazis and communism.
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“When she arrived in the United States as a young girl aboard the SS America in 1948, she never dreamt that she would become our nation’s first female Secretary of State,” Bush said.
“Laura and I are heartbroken by the news of Madeleine Albright’s death. She lived out the American dream and helped others realize it.” —President George W. Bush
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The George W. Bush Presidential Center also shared an image of an oil painting by the former president of Albright titled Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants.
Albright was praised by Bush for having served “as a foreign-born minister” while also understanding “firsthand the importance of free societies for peace in our world.”
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Bush added he and his wife Laura were sending “sincere sympathies to her daughters,” according to the statement.
Albright was a “loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend,” according to the statement from her family.
