RIP Lady Bird Johnson

[Rosie]

She was 94.

Lady Bird Johnson Dies At 94

 

[HejiraHenry]

Obscure observation: Now can we have our Burma-Shave signs back?

 

[slappy4428]

I am ashamed to say I didnt know she was still alive...
And hejira? nice pull...

 

[Mystery_Meat]

In mourning:

 

[tyler durden 71351]

Kind of strange...I just watched an episode of "Big Love" last night where a character who the billboard business kept on trashing her. Even had a picture of her by his garbage can.

RIP

 

[JayFarrar]

Someone on here was widely panned for having her in his deadpool.
Looks like winner winner chicken dinner

 

[Birdscribe]

R.I.P. to a remarkably underrated woman who did far more than she ever got credit for by her domineering husband.

Read Robert Caro's excellent "Means of Ascent" for background on how Lady Bird kept LBJ's machine going on numerous instances when it was perilously close to breaking down.

 

[JR]

I am ashamed to say I didnt know she was still alive...

Neither did I. Wow.

I figured she died 20 years ago.

RIP

 

[Perry White]

R.I.P. to a remarkably underrated woman who did far more than she ever got credit for by her domineering husband.

Read Robert Caro's excellent "Means of Ascent" for background on how Lady Bird kept LBJ's machine going on numerous instances when it was perilously close to breaking down.

All of Caro's LBJ biographies are excellent. Lady Bird sure put up with a lot.

 

[micropolitan guy]

It's widely believed she was an excellent off the record source for those books even though Caro gave her ample cover.

 

[jgmacg]

Obscure observation: Now can we have our Burma-Shave signs back?

When you drive

to see the sights

be thankful that

she stayed up nights

thinking how

to save the scenery

from billboards leading

to the local beanery.




Patient as Job. Most underated FL of recent times. Never got out of the shadow of Jackie's grace and pain. Thanks, Lady Bird

 

[MartinEnigmatica]

Makes me wonder what, if any, other First Lady's initials were the same as her husband's.

EDIT: I know her given name was not Lady Bird. But I also don't recall anyone popularly calling her Claudia Alta

 

[Boom_70]

She was 94.

Lady Bird Johnson Dies At 94

How old was she?

 

[Bubbler]

Count me among those who thought she was already sewing LBJ's trousers in the great beyond.

I wish there was some way to check what out-of-left field celebrity I thought was dead was still alive. For example, I can't imagine any well-known WWII personalities are still with us.

 

[Boom_70]

Count me among those who thought she was already sewing LBJ's trousers in the great beyond.

I wish there was some way to check what out-of-left field celebrity I thought was dead was still alive. For example, I can't imagine any well-known WWII personalities are still with us.

Spnited is still with us

 

[GuessWho]

Count me among those who thought she was already sewing LBJ's trousers in the great beyond.

I wish there was some way to check what out-of-left field celebrity I thought was dead was still alive. For example, I can't imagine any well-known WWII personalities are still with us.

Spnited is still with us

Yeah, but I give him only another week. 10 days max.

 

[Trouser_Buddah]

Count me among those who thought she was already sewing LBJ's trousers in the great beyond.

I wish there was some way to check what out-of-left field celebrity I thought was dead was still alive. For example, I can't imagine any well-known WWII personalities are still with us.

Spnited is still with us

Yeah, but I give him only another week. 10 days max.

Yikes...

 

[Birdscribe]

Count me among those who thought she was already sewing LBJ's trousers in the great beyond.

I wish there was some way to check what out-of-left field celebrity I thought was dead was still alive. For example, I can't imagine any well-known WWII personalities are still with us.

www.deadoralive.com.

Used to check this site for just such a reason.

 

[Billy Monday]

It's widely believed she was an excellent off the record source for those books even though Caro gave her ample cover.

Highly doubted. I remember a note in one or more of the books that said Lady Bird cut off contact with Caro after a certain point when she realized his books wouldn't totally be flattering.
Lady Bird worshipped LBJ and wouldn't cooperate with an author who was pulling no punches.

 

[Billy Monday]

R.I.P. to a remarkably underrated woman who did far more than she ever got credit for by her domineering husband.

Read Robert Caro's excellent "Means of Ascent" for background on how Lady Bird kept LBJ's machine going on numerous instances when it was perilously close to breaking down.

All of Caro's LBJ biographies are excellent. Lady Bird sure put up with a lot.

I consider those books to be among the greatest works of journalism ever. And yes, she put up with a lot of cruelty from LBJ.