GEORGE BUSH had been fading in the last few days. He had not gotten out of bed, he had stopped eating and he was mostly sleeping. For a man who had defied death multiple times over the years, it seemed that the moment might finally be arriving.
His longtime friend and former secretary of state, James A. Baker III, arrived at his Houston home on Friday morning to check on him.
Mr. Bush suddenly grew alert, his eyes wide open.
"Where are we going, Bake?" he asked.
"We're going to heaven," Mr. Baker answered.
"That's where I want to go," Mr. Bush said.
Barely 13 hours later, Mr. Bush was dead.
Peter Baker, "A Peaceful Exit, but First, One Last 'I Love You, Too,'" The New York Times, December 2, 2018.
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