On June 5, 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States and the 33rd governor of California, died after having Alzheimer's disease for a decade, diagnosed in 1994. Reagan was the first
Reagan lies in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.
During the week's events Nancy Reagan was escorted in public by U.S. Army Major General Galen B. Jackman.
Nancy Reagan leans her head on her husband's casket at his presidential library.
The caisson with President Reagan's casket on Constitution Avenue, marching to the Capitol
Nancy Reagan
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Nancy Davis Reagan was an American actress who was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. She was the second wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States.
Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan
…days did, and they weren't chalky or vague. They were clear and blue and full of love. If a death can be lovely, his was". His wife, former first lady Nancy Reagan told him that the moment was "the greatest gift you could have given me." He died of pneumonia at his home, 668 St. Cloud Road, in the Bel-Air district…
Official portrait, 1983
Young Nancy with her mother, actress Edith Luckett
Davis, c. 1949–50
Davis in 1950