" Wallace was in her late 60s . She was with Wallace when would - be assassins shot him in 1963 . George and Cornelia Wallace divorced after his failed bid for the U.S. presidency in 1976 . ` ` She served as first lady during a very turbulent time , '' Rep . Bob Riley said .
" Wallace was in her late 60s . She was with Wallace when would - be assassins shot him in 1963 . ` ` She served as first lady during a very turbulent time , '' Rep . Bob Riley said .