Betty Ford Dies at 93

07.11.11 | Sarah Harnisch

Former First Lady Betty Ford died friday at the age of 93.  Ford, whose battles with cancer and substance abuse inspired millions to seek treatment, died Friday. Ford will lie in repose at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Michigan starting Wednesday evening.  She married Gerald Ford in 1948, the same year he was elected to Congress. And she was thrust into the spotlight in 1974, when he became President after the resignation of President Richard Nixon.