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FILE - In a Friday, Sept. 2004 file photo, William H.T. "Bucky" Bush, the uncle of President George W. Bush at the podium during the Victory '04 rally in Warrenton, Mo. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush confirmed Thursday, March 1, 2018 in an email to The Associated Press that his uncle, William H.T. "Bucky" Bush died Wednesday. He was 79.  (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)
FILE – In a Friday, Sept. 2004 file photo, William H.T. “Bucky” Bush, the uncle of President George W. Bush at the podium during the Victory ’04 rally in Warrenton, Mo. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush confirmed Thursday, March 1, 2018 in an email to The Associated Press that his uncle, William H.T. “Bucky” Bush died Wednesday. He was 79. (AP Photo/James A. Finley, File)
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MIAMI — William Henry Trotter Bush, a wealthy investor and the brother and uncle of presidents, has died. He was 79.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush confirmed in an email to The Associated Press that his uncle had died. He did not describe the cause.

Jim McGrath, a spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush, said the president’s younger brother died Tuesday.

Known as “Bucky” Bush, the brother of President George H.W. Bush, uncle of President George W. Bush and youngest son of Sen. Prescott Sheldon Bush of Connecticut was also active in Republican politics. — associated press