Reagan died Sunday at her home in Los Angeles.
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The public is invited to pay respects when Reagan will lie in repose before the funeral from 1 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Thursday. “Nancy Reagan used her position as First Lady to encourage our kids to just say no to drugs, which is a message that remains relevant today”, said DeWine. She anxious even as Reagan enjoyed working at their California ranch well into his 70s. Baily said the Secret Service code name, “Rainbow” was for Nancy Reagan’s flair for color in her outfits and her personality. He said he is grateful Mrs. Reagan was an advocate for solutions and treatments. “During her time as first lady, Reagan would illuminate the White House with a big smile and open heart”. “Throughout her life, Nancy’s incredible commitment to her country and her family did not falter, and she will continue to inspire all us to live bravely and selflessly”.
The Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley is closed as funeral preparations are made. Nancy Reagan had originally suggested, for example, that her husband hire the Republican strategist John Sears, who had worked with President Richard M. Nixon.
President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan at his 1981 Inaugural Parade. Reagan will be buried next to her husband at the library.
Her husband’s tie tack was missing and his cufflinks were wrong.
But Elmets said Nancy Reagan would be “shaking her head in disgust” at the lack of decorum and the vulgarity in the current campaign.
Who can forget these touching images of Mrs. Reagan saying goodbye to the love her life? – the man she affectionately called Ronnie. “He was lucky to have her and I’m sure he’d be the first to acknowledge that so she will be missed”.
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“I don’t think that she ever had another day during his presidency where there wasn’t some sort of fear involved and particularly, of course, when he went out in public”, he said.
