Nancy Reagan,
devoted wife and trusted confidante to late president Ronald Reagan who
became the most ardent guardian of his legacy, died on Sunday, aged 94.
The former
first lady, who suffered heart failure at her home in Los Angeles, will
be buried next to her husband at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
in Simi Valley, California, her spokeswoman Joanne Drake said.
Late in life, Reagan earned
praise for many of the very qualities that saw her savaged by critics
during Ronald Reagan's two White House terms from 1981-1989 -- her
fierce protectiveness and outsized influence on the president.
Perceived
as regal and cold, she was feared by White House aides who often found
themselves butting heads with her over policy and personnel
appointments.
She made her own mark as first lady with her signature "Just Say No" drug awareness campaign, launched in 1982.
But
after she left the White House, as she nursed Reagan through his
ten-year descent into Alzheimer's disease until his death in 2004,
America softened its view of the former movie starlet.
May her gentle soul R.I.P [yahoo news]
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