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Former U.S First Lady dies at 94

Until her death, she remained active within the Reagan Library and in politics, particularly in support of embryonic stem cell research

Nancy Reagan

A former First Lady of the United States of America, Nancy Reagan has died at her Bel Air home in California. She was aged 94.

Nancy was an American actress and the wife of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. She was the First Lady of the U.S. from 1981 to 1989.

She died of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) and shall be buried by her husband at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.

At the end of Ronald's political life, Nancy devoted most of her time to caring for her husband, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 1994, until his death at the age of 93 in 2004.

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Her career as a movie star began career began with small supporting roles in two films released in 1949, 'The Doctor and the Girl' with Glenn Ford and East Side, West Side starring Barbara Stanwyck.

Until her death, she remained active within the Reagan Library and in politics, particularly in support of embryonic stem cell research.

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