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| George HW Bush in hospital with neck injury after fall | |
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| Former US President George HW Bush has been admitted to hospital after breaking a bone in his neck in a fall at his home in Maine. | Former US President George HW Bush has been admitted to hospital after breaking a bone in his neck in a fall at his home in Maine. |
| His spokesman said he was in a stable condition and his hospital stay was expected to be brief. | His spokesman said he was in a stable condition and his hospital stay was expected to be brief. |
| Mr Bush, who has Parkinson's disease and cannot use his legs, celebrated his 90th birthday last year with a sky dive. | Mr Bush, who has Parkinson's disease and cannot use his legs, celebrated his 90th birthday last year with a sky dive. |
| He had to go to hospital at the end of last year with shortness of breath. | He had to go to hospital at the end of last year with shortness of breath. |
| Two years before that, he was treated for more than two months for bronchitis and other issues. | |
| Spokesman Jim McGrath said Mr Bush would need to wear a neck brace following his fall on Wednesday morning in Kennebunkport. | |
| On Thursday, his daughter, Jenna Bush Hager, said the family were "optimistic that he will heal well". | |
| Mr Bush is the oldest living former US president and a World War Two veteran. | |
| President from 1989 to 1993, his son George W Bush was in the White House from 2001 to 2009. | |
| Jeb, another of his sons, is currently seeking the Republican nomination to run for president in 2016. |