George Washington was the first president, George Herbert Walker Bush was the forty-first, and George Bush (the second "George Bush") was the forty-third.
The first president to die was George Washington
William Henry Harrison was the first US president to die in office.
Assuming you are referring to the 41st president of the US, who was George H W Bush then as of April 2012 he is not dead.
He was George H.W. Bush if you count Cleveland twice- otherwise he was Bill Clinton.
William Henry Harrison was the first president of the U.S to die in office. The vice president John Tyler took his place.
Forty-first = 41st
John Tyler was the vice-president who moved up to President when William Henry Harrison became the first US president to die in office.
US President Abraham Lincoln was the first US president to be assassinated. He was not the first to die in office, however. The ninth US president, President William Henry Harrison died shortly after his inauguration in 1841. John Tyler, the vice president then took over as president as per the US Constitution. The 12th US President, Zachary Taylor died in office in 1850.
William Henry Harrison was the first president to die in office. He died after a month in office.
George H.W. Bush became president in 1988. This Presidential election was the 51st quadrennial presidential election. He was the forty first president.
George Washington was the first US President to die and there were not a lot of president in the world before him, Most of the countries had kings or emperors or war lords instead of presidents.