OFFICE OF RONALD REAGAN



   
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 5, 2004
 

STATEMENT BY JOANNE DRAKE, CHIEF OF STAFF

 

Los Angeles – Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the United States, died this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. PDT at his home in Los Angeles, California. Born February 6, 1911, he was 93 years old. His wife of 52 years, Nancy Davis Reagan, his son, Ronald Prescott Reagan and his youngest daughter, Patti Davis, were at his bedside when he passed away from pneumonia, as a complication of Alzheimer’s. He is also survived by his son, Michael Reagan, who spent Friday with his father. President Reagan’s oldest daughter, Maureen, died in 2001 from cancer.

Details of state funeral arrangements will be announced as soon as they are finalized with members of the Reagan family and the Military District of Washington, historically tasked with conducting state ceremonies for all Presidents of the United States.


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