Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino ordered flags at county buildings to half-staff in memory of former First Lady Nancy Reagan, who died at her home in California of congestive heart failure.
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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.
The former first lady was also an actress who appeared in movies and married Ronald Reagan in 1952, who was then an actor as well as the president of the Screen Actors Guild.
She was an advocate for stem cell research following former President Reagan’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease in 1994.
As news of Nancy Reagan’s death spread, tributes poured in from Washington to Hollywood.
Ron Reagan, son of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, honored his mother Monday, praising her love and dedication for the former president and how she shaped the 40th president’s legacy.
In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Place for Politics 2016” with Chris Jansing Monday, Rohrabacher said one of Nancy Reagan’s greatest accomplishments was bringing “dignity and a sense of propriety back to the White House”.
Chidester has co-authored three books on President Ronald Reagan. He said he knows how much she meant to the president and country as a whole. “She was a genuinely wonderful woman who was gracious, kind and thoughtful”.
Commentators have noted the substantial impact Reagan left on both the USA and the world, as well as the deep love she shared with her late husband.
Mila and I are deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend, Nancy Reagan.
“I don’t think she had another day during his presidency where she didn’t have some sort of fear involved and particularly, of course, when he went out in public”.
She’d also had her own medical challenges. “It’s something I never forgot”, said Fleischmann.
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She considered her most important role promoting the political, physical and mental well-being of Ronald Reagan, acting as his closest adviser.
