Nancy Reagan: A life in photos
Nancy Reagan listens to speeches at the christening ceremony of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan at Newport News Shipbuilding Yard in Newport News, Va., in 2001.
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Former first lady Nancy Reagan died March 6, 2016, at her home in California.
Former first lady Nancy Reagan kisses the casket containing the remains of her husband, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, at the Capitol rotunda shortly before it was taken away for a state funeral ceremony at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2004.
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President Ronald Reagan waves to the press from the window of his room at Bethesda Naval Hospital with first lady Nancy Reagan on June 6, 1987.
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President Ronald Reagan cuts in on a dance between Frank Sinatra and Nancy Reagan on Feb. 6, 1981.
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Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, arrive at Tribune Tower for an interview after the GOP presidential candidate addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention at McCormick Place on Aug. 18, 1980.
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