Former US First Lady Nancy Reagan dies at age 94 - Photos

During  1980s, former California Governor 

Anold Schwarzenegger and the Reagan

family became dear friends and remained so for

many decades.

At the time, Arnold was an actor with an interest

in politics who wasn’t afraid to show off his

Republican-leaning political views.

In the decades since former President Ronald

Reagan left office, and in the years since his death

in 2004, Schwarzenegger has helped protect the

president’s legacy and was often seen in public

with his dear friend, former First Lady Nancy

Reagan.

Nancy Reagan, wife of former President Ronald

Reagan, and former actress who was fiercely
protective of her husband through a Hollywood
career, eight years in the White House, an
assassination attempt and his Alzheimer's
disease, died today at age 94. She died of
congestive heart failure in her Los Angeles home,
her representative Joanne Drake said in a
statement.

She'll be buried next to her husband at the
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley.
Prior to her funeral, there will be an opportunity
for members of the public to pay their respects at
the Library, the spokesperson said. Details had
not yet been announced Sunday afternoon.

Reagan, whose husband died in 2004, had
appeared frail after suffering several falls in recent
years. In May 2012 it was disclosed she had
broken several ribs in a fall at her Los Angeles
home six weeks earlier.

On sunday Schwarzennegger joins millions  of Americans and people across the world to mourn her.