George HW Bush Shaves Head For Cancer Boy Former US President George HW Bush has shaved his head to show support for a two-year-old boy who is battling leukaemia. The boy is the son of a member of the former president's Secret Service detail, and has lost his hair as a result of treatment. The nation's 41st president, who is 89, got the idea to go bald when he noticed that members of his detail had also shaved their heads in solidarity with the boy. The former president's office identified the boy as Patrick, withholding his last name at the family's request. George HW Bush pictured before and after shaving his head A website has now been launched to assist with Patrick's medical bills. Friends have also organised Patrick's Pals Motorcycle Benefit Run on August 10 in Kennebunkport - a 50-mile motorcycle ride through the Maine countryside followed by a lunch and silent auction to raise funds for his treatment. Mr Bush visited the White House earlier this month for a ceremony in which President Obama honoured his predecessor's Points of Light volunteer program. George and Barbara Bush, the parents of former president George W Bush, lost their infant daughter Robin to leukaemia 60 years ago this October. Mr Bush was recently struck down by illness himself, battling a bronchitis-related cough for two months before being released from hospital in January.