George H.W, Bush, who led the Gulf War and saw the end of the Cold War, passed away on Friday night Stephen M. Silverman is the former founding editor of PEOPLE.com. He left PEOPLE in 2015.

"George Herbert Walker Bush, World War II naval aviator, Texas oil pioneer, and 41st President of the United States of America, died on November 30, 2018," the office said in a statement.

Today marks the centenary of the birth of George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st president ... having been decorated as a U.S. Navy ...