She will be buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, alongside her husband.
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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum was closed Sunday following the death of Nancy Reagan, but a steady stream of mourners stopped by the main entrance northwest of Los Angeles to snap photos, leave flowers and pay respect.
Tributes continued to pour in for the former first lady, with many noting her steadfast dedication to her husband and to the country.
Her time in the White House was also marked by two life-changing events: the attempted assassination of her husband and a more personal battle with breast cancer.
The news of Nancy Reagan’s death reminds many of a distinctive appearance she made in Maine.
The center’s Ronald Reagan expert, Jeff Chidester, says President Obama hit the nail on the head when he said Nancy Reagan “redefined the role”. “She is once again with the man she loved God bless”. Mrs. Reagan died Sunday morning at the age of 94.
“I don’t think they ever spent a day apart where they didn’t call, speak on the phone”, Ron Prescott Reagan told NBC’s “Today” show Monday.
Nancy Davis was a Hollywood actress during the 1940s and 1950s and married Reagan, a prominent film actor, in 1952.
“They were very short – the golden years”, Mrs. Reagan once said. “I feel for you”.
Graham, 97, released a statement mourning the former first lady’s passing on the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s website, saying he was “privileged to know Nancy and Ronald Reagan for more than 50 years and greatly valued their friendship”. “She was genuinely considerate of the people around her, and she always greeted everyone with a smile as did her husband”.
“I would never have been in the Reagan White House had it not been for Nancy Reagan”.
He said he hoped the memory of Nancy Reagan’s life might “have some effect on this circuslike campaign”.
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She also championed Alzheimer’s patients, raising millions of dollars for research and breaking with fellow conservative Republicans to advocate for stem cell research.
