Former first lady Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94. Wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan for more than five decades until his death in 2004, she served as first lady from 1981 to 1989.
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dies
![Former first lady Nancy Reagan smiles as she passes photographers after Texas Governor George W. Bush delivered his first major foreign policy speech at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, Nov. 18, 1999.](https://gdb.voanews.com/808e8e92-099c-47f0-8751-471358fdd9da_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former first lady Nancy Reagan smiles as she passes photographers after Texas Governor George W. Bush delivered his first major foreign policy speech at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, Nov. 18, 1999.
![Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy wave while attending a gala celebrating his 83rd birthday in Washington, Feb. 3, 1994.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6afc7cd6-34b0-4619-a2fe-826a2c4ed6a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy wave while attending a gala celebrating his 83rd birthday in Washington, Feb. 3, 1994.
![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 Washington, June 2, 2009.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f040f227-b152-4081-b587-cfdba580cb56_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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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 Washington, June 2, 2009.
![Former first lady Nancy Reagan visits the grave site of her husband, President Ronald Reagan, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, June 5, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/657c5628-1be4-494c-8296-189fb34fe073_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former first lady Nancy Reagan visits the grave site of her husband, President Ronald Reagan, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, June 5, 2014.