FORMER US FIRST LADY BETTY FORD DEAD AT 93

(FILES): This December 30, 2006 file photo shows Betty Ford, widow of Gerald Ford, leaving after members of the US Armed Forces removed the casket bearing the remains of former US president Gerald Ford from St Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California. Former US First Lady Betty Ford has died at the age of 93, and was hailed July 8, 2011 as "an inspiration" notably for her California addiction treatment center. AFP PHOTO / Files / Gabriel BOUYS