Nancy Bush, sister to one president and aunt to another, dies aged 94

Nancy Bush, sister to one president and aunt to another, dies aged 94
President George H. W. Bush pictured in 1990 hiding behind his sister, Nancy Ellis, as he prepares for a jog along the C&O canal in the Georgetown section of Washington (Marcy Nighswander/AP)

Nancy Bush Ellis, a longtime Democrat who helped her Republican brother and nephew get elected president, has died of complications of coronavirus at the age of 94.

“We are sad to share that President Bush’s beloved sister, Nancy Bush Ellis, has passed away.

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