Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Has Past Away At The Age Of 94

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Has Past Away At The Age Of 94 

BHR Hollywood Reports........Former first lady Nancy Reagan, the former actress who played a pivotal role in the political rise and presidency of husband Ronald Reagan, died Sunday of congestive heart failure at the age of 94, the Reagan library announced.

She was 94.

Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, according to her spokeswoman, Joanne Drake of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Ronald Reagan And Nancy Reagan 

"Mrs. Reagan will be buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, next to her husband, Ronald Wilson Reagan, who died on June 5, 2004.

Prior to the funeral service,there will be an opportunity for members of the public to pay their respects at the Library," Drake said in a statement.

Nancy Reagan And The President 

The former first lady requested that contributions be made to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Foundation in lieu of flowers, the statement said.

Our former first lady redefined the role in her time here," President Obama said in a statement.

"Later, in her long goodbye with President Reagan, she became a voice on behalf of millions of families going through the depleting, aching reality of Alzheimer’s, and took on a new role, as advocate, on behalf of treatments that hold the potential and the promise to improve and save lives."

Obama noted that Mrs. Reagan once wrote, correctly, that nothing can prepare you for living in the White House — but he and current first lady Michelle Obama "had a head start, because we were fortunate to benefit from her proud example, and her warm and generous advice."