Her most popular project as first lady was the “Just Say No” campaign to help kids and teens stay off drugs, reported the Associated Press.
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In the wake of Nancy Reagan’s death, locals in charge of preserving her memory remember her with utmost fondness, regardless of whether they met her, shook her hand, or merely admired her from afar.
Former first lady Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94.
“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 in a statement.
In a statement Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama spoke of the Reagan’s journey with Alzheimer’s disease. Details on a finalized date and time were not immediately released, but sources at the library said about 1,000 people, including heads of state, former presidents and other dignitaries, will be invited to the service. A young Jersey singer, Whitney Houston, and Nancy Reagan, were among the stars who appeared in the video.
“I was just really sad”, said Sharon Hirtzer, as a small crowd of well-wishers gathered near the front gate.
“I do feel that this was very defining for me as a teenager – from 12 to 18 – I was watching Ronald Reagan become president of the United States”, she said.
Reagan was born Anne Frances Robbins in New York City on July 6, 1921.
Edith toured the country as an actress marrying prominent neurosurgeon Loyal Davis and settling the family in Chicago.
They Wednesday on March 4, 1952.
“I remember Nancy as a noble woman who supported President Ronald Reagan and stood by his side”, said Israel’s Prime M Benjamin Netanyahu.
Her marriage to Ronald Reagan lasted 52 years until his death in 2004. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who like Ronald Reagan rode his Hollywood fame to the governor’s office in California, said on Twitter that Nancy Reagan was “one of my heroes”. “She was very actively involved in the drug issue and when they came out with, ‘Just say No!’ people kind of panned it but what it did, it just raised the issue itself at one of the highest levels that this was an important issue”. She “set a model for how we love and care for” those with Alzheimer’s, he said.
“Nancy wasn’t popular and she operated under cover usually through a surrogate” columnist Eleanor Clift wrote years ago in The Washington Post. Nancy’s determination to helping those in need will always to be an inspiration to us all.
Public opinion was also swayed by accusations that Mrs Reagan had a frosty personality, often consulted astrologers, and ordered the dismissal of White House chief of staff Donald Regan in 1987.
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“Her strength of character was legendary, particularly when tested by the attempted assassination of the president, and throughout his battle with Alzheimer’s”.
