Former First Lady 'Lady Bird' Johnson Dies

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson has died. A family spokeswoman says the widow of President Lyndon Johnson, who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for her husband's political career, died at her Austin, Texas, home of natural causes. She was 94. In March, Lady Bird Johnson listened from Texas by way of a conference call when President Bush signed legislation naming the Education Department headquarters building in Washington after her late husband. Mrs. Johnson died surrounded by friends and family. Former President Johnson died in 1973.