Boston: Nancy Bush Ellis, a long-time Democrat who helped her Republican brother and nephew get elected president, has died of complications of the coronavirus. She was 94.
“We are sad to share that President Bush’s beloved sister, Nancy Bush Ellis, has passed away. Our condolences and prayers are with the Ellis and Bush families as we remember a remarkable woman who brought joy and light to the world,” the George and Barbara Bush Foundation posted on social media.
President George HW Bush pictured with his sister, Nancy Ellis, in 1990. Credit:AP
She died on Sunday at an assisted living facility in Concord, Massachusetts, her son Alexander Ellis III told The New York Times. She was hospitalised on December 30 with a fever and tested positive for the coronavirus, he said.
Although she was a Democrat for decades who backed environmental and anti-poverty causes, she was first and foremost fiercely loyal to her family.
