After a few years on Broadway, Reagan, then Nancy Davis, moved to California and signed a seven-year contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer, leading to roles in 11 features – her last of which was the 1958 feature “Crash Landing”, a middling Fred F. Sears drama about a pilot (Gary Merrill) reflecting on his troubled marriage (to Reagan’s character) in the midst of an engine crisis over the Atlantic.
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Before she became first lady of the United States, Nancy Regan had served in that role for the state of California.
Congressman Blum never met president Ronald Reagan or former First Lady Nancy Reagan, but has met one of their daughters Maureen, so he feels a connection.
An actress, first lady, mother of two, step-mother of two, grandmother and remembered most of all as the wife of Ronald Reagan.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who served as a national security adviser under Ronald Reagan, recalled how he began working with the administration in the tumultuous aftermath of the Iran-contra scandal.
We grieve her loss but can take comfort knowing she is reunited with her Ronnie.
Many Republican presidential candidates, such as Texas senator Ted Cruz and GOP front-runner Donald Trump, have issued statements following Mrs. Reagan’s death. The 94-year-old was the wife of 40th president Ronald Reagan.
A democrat, Matthew Hegge from Eau Claire, says he remembers Nancy Reagan doing positive things through her husband’s presidency.
The library is closed to the public Sunday so that the facility can be prepared for the viewing, memorial service and burial.
“And we remain grateful for Nancy Reagan’s life, thankful for her guidance, and prayerful that she and her beloved husband are together again”, the Obamas said. On behalf of all Californians, Anne and I extend our deepest condolences to the Reagan family.
“She’s obviously going to go and be with him now; it’s been a long separation for her”, he said. PHOTOS: Nancy Reagan through the yearsFor another Houstonian, the death of Nancy Reagan was a bittersweet day.
Mrs. Reagan was the gatekeeper of the Reagan legacy, showing up year after year for Ronald Reagan Presidential Library board meetings, dignitary speeches and special events while her husband’s Alzheimer’s disease progressed.
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“With the passing of former first lady Nancy Reagan the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has lost a good friend and a champion of stem cell research”. “She was his protector”. “Anytime I was around her she was a very warm person”. “She was dedicated to her country and dedicated to her husband”. One of Nancy’s most wonderful qualities was her steadfast and loyal support for her husband.
