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Published July 12, 2011, 12:00 AM

Betty Ford (1975)


In this Feb. 26, 1975, file picture, first lady Betty Ford wears an Equal Rights Ammendment button given to her by demonstrators at the hotel where she was staying with her husband, President Gerald Ford, in Hollywood, Fla. Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center, has died, a family friend said Friday, July 8, 2011. She was 93. (AP Photo)
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