husband love the 1976 presidential election to jimmy carter. >> my family came to me with an intervention, helped me see the light and said they wanted to help. she entered rehab in 1978 and, again, openly discussed her problem in public. she received thousands of letters in support and opened the betty ford center in california four years later. and in her later years she cherished the time she spent with her husband until his death in december of 2006. >> mrs. ford is survived by her four children, michael, john, steven and susan and numerous grandchild and great grandchild. in los angeles for fox news. >>dave: amazing the impact on substance abuse and breast cancer. she got women to come out and start getting testing and may have changed the entire thinking.