# Is Lady Bird Johnson alive or dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 23, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789 "2003-11-23T03:04:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789/1 "2003-11-23T03:04:02Z")
The title says it all. My dad says that she died a couple of years ago, and other people tell me that she’s dead, but I’ve checked [www.dpsinfo.com](http://www.dpsinfo.com) and I’ve googled and I can’t find anything that says she died. I can’t imagine that her death would slip below _everyone’s_ radar, but dad is sure that he remembers hearing that she died. Was there a false death report a couple of years ago? ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789/2 "2003-11-23T03:09:32Z")
She’s alive but old as the hills. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789/3 "2003-11-23T03:11:17Z")
My girlfriend that lived in Texas over 13 years ago says she’s still alive. How’s that for a cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789/4 "2003-11-23T03:13:17Z")
Alive, as of this posting - she’s still in play at [stiffs.com](http://stiffs.com) - 9th on the 2003 list, with 240 people betting on her. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789/5 "2003-11-23T03:42:35Z")
Yeah, I figured that she was probably alive, but it seems like everyone around me remembers hearing that she died a few years ago after having a serious stroke. (I did check the dead pools, BTW. She’s a very popular choice, along with Ronald Reagan and the pope) Does anybody remember hearing rumors of her death a few years ago, or are my friends and relatives all suffering from some sort of mass hallucination? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789/6 "2003-11-23T03:49:16Z")
BTW: [Dpsinfo.com](http://Dpsinfo.com) says that she was born on December 22, 1912, which means that she’s 90 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789/7 "2003-11-23T04:03:24Z")
If she’s dead, it’s news to the White House. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/](http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/) [http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/cj36.html](http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/cj36.html) ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789/8 "2003-11-23T04:48:01Z")
I do remember seeing that she has been in and out of the local hospital (including quite a scare a few months ago) this year, but she’s still hanging on. The local news likes to talk to Luci Banes now, since I’m pretty sure Lady Bird can no longer give a useful interview. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lady-bird-johnson-alive-or-dead/214789/9 "2003-11-23T14:08:34Z")
She was certainly very much alive when I met her three years ago, and she seemed in fairly good shape then.