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Nancy Reagan: Former US First Lady Dies From Heart Failure Aged 94
Nancy Reagan, wife of former US President Ronald Reagan, passed away today at the age of 94 of congestive heart failure.
The New York Times reports [soylentnews.org]:" rel="url2html-21531">http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/us/nancy-reagan-a-stylish-and-influential-first-lady-dies-at-94.html">reports:
Nancy Reagan, the influential and stylish wife of the 40th president of the United States who unabashedly put Ronald Reagan at the center of her life but who became a political figure in her own right, died on Sunday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 94.
[...] “Without Nancy, there would have been no Governor Reagan, no President Reagan,” said Michael K. Deaver, the longtime aide and close friend of the Reagans who died in 2007.
President Obama said on Sunday that Mrs. Reagan “had redefined the role” of first lady, adding, “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.”
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation [abc.net.au] News reports:
Nancy Reagan, devoted wife and trusted confidante to late president Ronald Reagan who after his death became the most ardent guardian of his political legacy, has died aged 94.
The former first lady died at her home in Los Angeles from congestive heart failure, her spokeswoman Joanne Drake said.
She will be buried next to her husband at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, Ms Drake said.
"She is once again with the man she loved," her stepson Michael Reagan wrote on Twitter.
One tech-related aspect of Ronald Reagan's presidency was his championing of the Strategic Defense Initiative [wikipedia.org] aka "Star Wars":
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons (Intercontinental ballistic missiles and Submarine-launched ballistic missiles).
