She will be buried beside her husband at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. The Advocate, among others, suggested the story raised larger questions about the first lady’s role in the White House’s non-response to the AIDS crisis. Decades later, some conservatives suspected Nancy was still a liberal progressive at heart, while she always claimed to not be particularly ideological. McCarthy said he and Nancy Reagan stayed in touch until the end. She was a huge figure in 1980s America, with many who revered her and many who did not.
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The Reagan Foundation website recounts one moment at a dinner organized by Nancy Reagan for returning POWs where two solders, who’d been held captive in adjoining cells and had formed a close friendship, met for the first time and embraced after hearing their names called out. I have profound admiration for Mrs. Reagan. The Girl Scouts of America said in a statement that Reagan would be remembered for her “courage, confidence and character”.
“I had tears in my eyes when I heard she died”, said Kritzer, who said he turned 18 just in time to vote for Ronald Reagan when he ran for a second term in 1984. On behalf of all North Carolinians, we send our prayers and condolences to the Reagan family. And in the years since his passing, she had done much to build his legacy. “The support of Nancy was critical to securing passage of the Brady Bill in 1993”.
The former first lady had been living in Bel-Air California and had been in failing health in recent years. Her “just say no” campaign reached millions of students in the United States and overseas and made a difference in saving lives. “She will be sorely missed by those who knew her, and forever remembered by a grateful nation”.
By all accounts the couple were like goofy-in-love teenagers for the more than half a century they were together.
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President Reagan was one of our country’s greatest optimists, whose courage and foresight helped win the Cold War, and Nancy was his partner and confidante, helping guide him through his years in public office and beyond.
Former first lady Barbara Bush said, “Nancy Reagan was totally devoted to President Reagan, and we take comfort that they will be reunited once more”.
I grew up at a time when Ronald Reagan was seen by many as a joke; a doddering former B-grade movie star whose affability hid a risky, extreme conservatism. We should never forget her legacy. “Praying for her family”, tweeted Hillary Clinton (D – Presidential Candidate). There was no bigger champion of the man nor any fiercer protector of his memory than Nancy Reagan. She went on to make a number of moderately successful films.
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“Ronnie had always teased me about how I should clean out my closet”, Nancy Reagan once joked in an interview with People magazine, using the nickname she had for former President Ronald Reagan.
