Nancy Reagan has died at 94

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RIP

Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94.

The former First Lady, wife of President Ronald Reagan, passed away in Bel Air.

Formerly an actress, she married Ronald Reagan in 1952 and served in the White House from 1981 to 1989.

She played a pivotal role in her husband's presidency. Notably she founded the 'Just Say No' to drugs campaign.

In recent years, Reagan has struggled with her health after falling at home and breaking three ribs in 2012, not long after breaking her pelvis at home in 2008.

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Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94

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The former First Lady, who was married to President Ronald Reagan, passed away in Bel Air

 

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Former president Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy Reagan waving from a limousine during the inaugural parade in Washington DC in 1981

 

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A First Lady with class who is with her Ronnie now.

RIP Nancy

 

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Nancy Davis was an actress when she married Ronald Reagan - then president of the Screen Actors Guild - in 1952. Pictured: their wedding, left, and a head shot from a play at Smith College in Massachusetts, right

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Despite her own health setbacks Mrs Reagan remained active in politics, particularly in stem-cell research



U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94

 

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She married Ronald Reagan in 1952. They served in the White House from 1981 to 1989. Pictured: The couple with their son Ronnie before the presidency (left) and on a 1984 trip to the Great Wall Of China (right)

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The couple at their California ranch in 1983

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Nancy Reagan touches the casket of her husband, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, as it lies in state in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, June 9, 2004

 

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Mrs Reagan pictured, left, on the popular TV show Diff'rent Strokes to promote the Just Say No campaign in 1983. She also appeared on Dynasty. She is seen, right, getting a basketball lesson in 1988

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Her efforts with the Just Say No campaign are credited with driving cocaine use down to a 10-year low

 

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Nancy was known for her interior design of the White House, and at Christmas she came into her own. Here (left) she is pictured with Mr T who dressed as Santa for the occasion in 1983. She is pictured (right) helping Ronald blow out candles on his birthday cake in 1993

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Nancy Reagan (center left) with (L-R) Gerald Ford, his wife Betty Ford, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, his wife Pat Ryan, Barbara Bush, and George H W Bush at the opening of the Nixon Presidential Library in 1990

 

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[h=3]BEFORE SHE WAS MRS REAGAN: NANCY DAVIS' NOTABLE WORK IN HOLLYWOOD FROM 1949 TO 1957[/h]THE DOCTOR AND THE GIRL (1949)
Nancy Reagan's first big screen role was in director Curtis Bernhardt's drama about a wealthy doctor (Glenn Ford) who defies his family's wishes by opening a practice in a poorer neighborhood. Reagan played the main character's sister Mariette, who is engaged to a class-lusting physician (played by Warner Anderson).

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Nancy Reagan pictured in her first big screen role as the sister of a wealthy doctor played by Glenn Ford in The Doctor And The Girl

EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE (1950)
In this Mervyn LeRoy-directed melodrama about a married couple torn apart by the husband's infidelities, Reagan played Helen Lee, a socialite and best friend to Barbara Stanwyck's wronged wife. James Mason played Stanwyck's philandering husband, one of whose consorts was Ava Gardner. "The ladies all wear expensive garments and the gentlemen drink expensive booze. But that still doesn't elevate the effort above the level of hopeful pretense," wrote New York Times critic Bosley Crowther in his review.
SHADOW ON THE WALL (1950)
After a run of playing mostly wives and girlfriends, Reagan got a particularly meaty and serious role in this Pat Jackson-directed psychological crime thriller about a 6-year-old girl (Gigi Perreau) who loses her memory after witnessing the murder of her stepmother. Reagan played a doctor who endeavors to help cure the girl and makes some critical discoveries about the nature of the murder along the way.
The New York Times said Reagan gave a "beautiful and convincing" performance.
THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR ... (1950)
When God starts giving radio broadcasts in this odd little William A. Wellman film, a married couple (James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan) and their 11-year-old son living in suburban Los Angeles are forced to confront their own faith. Reagan was praised for her "delightful" performance as the kind, gentle and very pregnant wife in the film.
NIGHT INTO MORNING (1951)
Reagan plays a widow who saves Ray Milland from his depression and drunkenness after his wife and child die tragically in a fire. Milland and Reagan were both applauded for their performances, but the melancholy story was seen as a bit of a letdown.
HELLCATS OF THE NAVY (1957)
This WWII-set film about a submarine commander charting minefields off the Japanese coast marks the only time Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, already married for five years, shared the big screen. As the land-locked love interest, Nancy Reagan didn't have much to do besides fret though. It's far from a classic - in fact it's somewhat derided - but the film remains an interesting document of historical value just by nature of the fact that it features the future President and first lady.

 

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Former president George W Bush paid tribute to Mrs Reagan on Sunday

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U.S. President Barack Obama escorts former first lady Nancy Reagan to a signing ceremony for the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in June 2009

 

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[h=3]TRIBUTES POUR IN FOR FORMER FIRST LADY[/h]Friends, relatives and associates of the former First Lady along with celebrities took to Twitter to express their sadness at Reagan's death.
Michael Reagan, her stepson, tweeted: 'She is once again with the man she loved.'
Among others to take to Twitter to pay tribute was Donald Trump who said she was 'the wife of a truly great president' and an 'amazing woman'.
Joan Collins paid tribute to her 'friend' and said it was 'the end of an era'.
Arnold Schwarzenegger called her one of his 'heroes' while Republican National Committee communications director Sean Spicer said: 'The world lost an amazing woman.'

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Nancy Reagan is pictured with her husband in 1984 and actress Joan Collins and Peter Holm at a state dinner for President Lusinchi of Venezuela

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Portrait of President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan with their family at Rancho del Cielo near Santa Barbara, California, November 28, 1985. Standing (L-R): Bess Reagan, Patti Davis, Paul Grilley, Cameron Reagan, Nancy Reagan, the President, Colleen and Michael Reagan, and Neil Reagan. Foreground, (L-R): Ron, Doria, and Ashley Marie Reagan

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, Nancy with her husband Ronald back in 1952

 

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The couple have their honeymoon dinner at the Stork Club, New York City, 1952

 

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Ronald and Nancy Reagan in 1981

 

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Former president Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy Reagan waving from a limousine during the inaugural parade in Washington DC in 1981

 

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First lady Nancy Reagan sitting on the lap of Mr. T, who's dressed as Father Christmas, to help unveil the White House Christmas decorations, 1983

 

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The Queen And Prince Philip with the couple on board the Royal yacht Britannia during an official tour of America, 1983

 

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With the Queen and Prince Philip at their mountain top getaway, Rancho Del Cielo, just north of Santa Barbara, 1983

 

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Nancy Reagan laughs with Ray Charles and Willie Nelson at Constitution Hall in Washington, 1983