J.J. Watt Pays Tribute to Former 1st Lady Barbara Bush After Her Death at Age 92

Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt took to Twitter to pay tribute to former first lady Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday at 92.

Watt and Bush connected through their work in the Houston community and surrounding areas. Bush and her husband, President George H.W. Bush, lived in Houston.

Watt said he first met the former first lady during their work promoting literacy, and a kinship blossomed.

"I was just a kid and I'm looking there," Watt told reporters. "This is the former first lady of the United States and she has shoulder pads on and eye black, and she's looking at me and we're talking about literacy, and she's cracking jokes with me between takes, and I don't know what gets better than this."

Bush died shortly after the family announced she would no longer be seeking medical treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure. She and George H.W. Bush were married 73 years, the longest of any presidential couple.