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Former first lady Nancy Reagan, perhaps best known for her “Just Say No” campaign to combat drug abuse in the 1980s, died Sunday morning at her home in Los Angeles, a spokesman for the family said. She was 94. The cause of death was congestive heart failure.
In addition to her famous campaign against drugs, the one-time actress promoted several causes while she was in the White House and even in the years after. She was a passionate advocate for lifting restrictions on stem cell research and promoting better treatment of America’s veterans.
But above all, Nancy Reagan was a fiercely devoted wife.
“My life began with Ronnie,” she told Vanity Fair magazine in 1998.
The first lady’s public life had its share of controversy but also earned the respect of the nation, making Nancy Reagan one of America’s most admired women in the 1980s and beyond.
Anne Frances “Nancy” Robbins was born on July 6, 1921 in New York City to Kenneth Robbins, a car salesman, and Edith Luckett Robbins, an actress. Her parents divorced, and Nancy was raised by her aunt in Maryland while her mother returned to the stage. Edith Robbins’ second husband, a Chicago doctor named Loyal Davis, adopted Nancy in 1938.
Former first lady Nancy Reagan, perhaps best known for her “Just Say No” campaign to combat drug abuse in the 1980s, died Sunday morning at her home in Los Angeles, a spokesman for the family said. She was 94. The cause of death was congestive heart failure.
In addition to her famous campaign against drugs, the one-time actress promoted several causes while she was in the White House and even in the years after. She was a passionate advocate for lifting restrictions on stem cell research and promoting better treatment of America’s veterans.
But above all, Nancy Reagan was a fiercely devoted wife.
“My life began with Ronnie,” she told Vanity Fair magazine in 1998.
The first lady’s public life had its share of controversy but also earned the respect of the nation, making Nancy Reagan one of America’s most admired women in the 1980s and beyond.
Anne Frances “Nancy” Robbins was born on July 6, 1921 in New York City to Kenneth Robbins, a car salesman, and Edith Luckett Robbins, an actress. Her parents divorced, and Nancy was raised by her aunt in Maryland while her mother returned to the stage. Edith Robbins’ second husband, a Chicago doctor named Loyal Davis, adopted Nancy in 1938.
