TMZ Reports That Nancy Reagan Has Died [Y-not]

Nancy Reagan has died ... TMZ has learned from a close family member.

I haven't seen this reported elsewhere yet, but assuming it's true, Rest in Peace dear lady.

I think her greatest legacy is the love she shared with Ronald Reagan.

**Updated with a nice picture of the loving couple.**

Together again. Rest in peace Nancy Reagan. pic.twitter.com/M3D2WVbbeR
— Alexander Pantinakis (@Pantinakis) March 6, 2016

**Updated with statement from the Reagan Library below:**

Statement from Reagan Library on the death of Nancy Reagan pic.twitter.com/Rus8jXfnAV
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) March 6, 2016

(Hat tip: CharlieBrown's Di)

Posted by: Open Blogger at 11:34 AM

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1 Oh no. No. My favorite First Lady of all time.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 06, 2016 11:36 AM (pUDQf)

2 RIP, Nancy.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 06, 2016 11:36 AM (pUDQf)

3 Several outlets now reporting. She was 94.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 06, 2016 11:38 AM (pUDQf)

4 Yes, RIP Mrs. Reagan.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 06, 2016 11:40 AM (9ym/8)

5 Rest in Peace.

Posted by: Weasel at March 06, 2016 11:41 AM (e3bId)

6 RIP; I remember watching her during RR's funeral; she was so frail yet so strong. They are together again, bonded in eternal life.

Posted by: IC at March 06, 2016 11:43 AM (zK6nG)

7 Very sad to hear, may she rest in peace

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2016 11:43 AM (fizMZ)

8 Fox News is confirming it.

If there's anything good that I'd like to survive this year, I probably ought to lock it up in Fort Knox along with several gallons of holy water.

Posted by: AD at March 06, 2016 11:45 AM (QWY55)

9 What is Drudge waiting on?

Posted by: Ktgreat at March 06, 2016 11:46 AM (49IcX)

10 she's with the love of her life

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 06, 2016 11:47 AM (0O7c5)

11 They are finally together again. RIP dear lady.

Posted by: Doubting Thomasina at March 06, 2016 11:47 AM (JcXSX)

12 bring on the nasty comments from the left

Posted by: nckate at March 06, 2016 11:48 AM (Z4AxM)

13 10 she's with the love of her life
Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 06, 2016 11:47 AM (0O7c5)

I was just thinking the same thing. We're sad but Ronnie is the happiest he's ever been.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 06, 2016 11:50 AM (pUDQf)

14 She was a cool chick.

RIP

Posted by: eman at March 06, 2016 11:52 AM (Ahbpx)

15 RIP Mrs. Reagan

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 06, 2016 11:52 AM (45oDG)

16 Sad. RIP.

Posted by: dogfish at March 06, 2016 11:52 AM (SSeCw)

17 RIP Nancy Reagan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2016 11:53 AM (u82oZ)

18 RIP Nancy Reagan

Posted by: just another infidel at March 06, 2016 11:53 AM (auiAT)

19 Maybe the adopted son will punch out the other one now.

Posted by: eman at March 06, 2016 11:54 AM (Ahbpx)

20 Donations requested in lieu of flowers to Reagan library.

Posted by: mega machines at March 06, 2016 11:54 AM (fbovC)

21 http://tinyurl.com/z2opprk

Posted by: dogfish at March 06, 2016 11:56 AM (SSeCw)

22 She is finally with Ronnie forever, now. They can both be happy. RIP.

One of the loves of my life, because HE loved her, and SHE loved and cared for him. What a couple!

Posted by: big sarge at March 06, 2016 11:56 AM (YyfoS)

23 After a futile search for a picture of Barky with Nancy, the White House tweets a picture of Barky on the Rosa Parks bus instead.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 06, 2016 12:00 PM (kTF2Z)

24 The final end to an era. RIP, good lady.

Posted by: Soona at March 06, 2016 12:00 PM (Fmupd)

25 God bless and her kind will be missed.

A class act the whole way.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 06, 2016 12:02 PM (ej1L0)

26 RIP Mrs Reagan
What a lovely marriage they had.

Posted by: GasperGoo at March 06, 2016 12:03 PM (DYDUy)

27 the local rock station I'm listening to just came over with the news of her death. The DJ was actually very gracious about her. No snark involved.

Posted by: Jubal Anderson Early at March 06, 2016 12:03 PM (RdP/w)

28 Nancy is now in Valhalla, killing Commies with an enormous axe.

Posted by: eman at March 06, 2016 12:04 PM (Ahbpx)

29 She has slipped the surely bonds of earth, to touch the face of G_d.

Posted by: Just Say No Still Works at March 06, 2016 12:04 PM (nbGZj)

30 So very sad. Yet now she is together with the love of her life.

Posted by: shibumi who is awaiting SMOD at March 06, 2016 12:07 PM (7FH+T)

31 RIP dear lady. Say hello to your big guy from me, would ya? We sure do miss him down here. Now you too. Godspeed.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 06, 2016 12:07 PM (N8hFs)

32 She needs to come back and haunt a Cankles.

Posted by: Soona at March 06, 2016 12:07 PM (Fmupd)

33 So I wonder if Ron will attend the funeral.

Posted by: Soona at March 06, 2016 12:09 PM (Fmupd)

34 What is Drudge waiting on?

Election returns that show Trump winning big?

Posted by: Weirddave at March 06, 2016 12:10 PM (N8hFs)

35 No matter how long these things are coming, they always get me.

Posted by: iforgot at March 06, 2016 12:11 PM (5o5ek)

36 Sad news. Many commenters on left-wing sites already pissing on her corpse. Of course, I remember this classless boor of a president even making cracks about her having "seances" shortly after he was inaugurated.

I'm so tired of these lowlifes and ready for a national divorce. It'd be so much better to watch them cannibalize themselves from the safety of our own sovereign borders than to have them constantly dragging us down, going election to election fretting about how much liberty we lose if they win.

Posted by: crrr6 (hotair refugee) at March 06, 2016 12:11 PM (r23qW)

37 Rest in Peace Nancy and be with Ronnie, riding off into the gorgeous scenery of Heaven.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2016 12:12 PM (WX72/)

38 Classy dame.
Best first lady.

And y'know what else?
Just saying no always worked for me.

Posted by: Storm Saxon's Gall Bladder at March 06, 2016 12:13 PM (Nn1+y)

39
RIP Nancy. Give a kiss to Ronnie for us.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 06, 2016 12:14 PM (ODxAs)

40

Rest in Peace next to your beautiful husband.

Prayers for the family.

They leave behind a legacy that will be hard to duplicate.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 06, 2016 12:15 PM (qCMvj)

41 Lovely picture.

Leftists will be leftists. There' nothing they can do to hurt Nancy now, so their fuming/trash talking saying more about their state of mind than it does about Nancy. Thankfully, I don't have to read any left wing websites

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2016 12:15 PM (w4NZ8)

42 RIP Nancy,reunited with your beloved Ron.

Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2016 12:19 PM (B48dK)

43
And y'know what else?
Just saying no always worked for me.

Posted by: Storm Saxon's Gall Bladder at March 06, 2016 12:13 PM (Nn1+y)

We mocked her as teens for that slogan, but deep down, as always, we needed the advice.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 06, 2016 12:19 PM (pUDQf)

44 Rest in peace, Mrs. Reagan.

Posted by: wisenheimer at March 06, 2016 12:21 PM (qnhj2)

45 I hope she willed a small private funeral which will give no forum for her loony kids to act out.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 06, 2016 12:22 PM (iQIUe)

46 What a beautiful reunion there is in Heaven today!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 06, 2016 12:22 PM (bardA)

47 RIP Nancy aka Rainbow

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 06, 2016 12:22 PM (hlMPp)

48 I do remember how she was disparaged for her "just say no" motto on drug use. The left howled and mocked her for that, because...I don't know why.

Maybe they felt like there should have been some huge new government program with massive funding to go with that.
Whatevs.

But such a simple statement belies so much conservative thought, it escapes some folks. Just say no, take responsibility for your health and actions, and the ravages of drug abuse won't be yours for the enjoyment. It's true.

RIP

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 06, 2016 12:23 PM (kKHcp)

49 RIP, Nancy. Thanks for taking such good care of Ronny for all of us.

Posted by: VA MK Z at March 06, 2016 12:23 PM (+0aiQ)

50 RIP, Mrs. Reagan.

I had a bizarre dream about her a few years ago. The details have faded from memory, but it was pretty vivid at the time.

She was in my neighborhood for some reason, and I took her out for dinner at a local restaurant. Nothing fancy, just a typical downscale suburban eatery. She seemed frail and sad, and I was trying to cheer her up. Very strange dream.

Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2016 12:23 PM (sdi6R)

51 Truly, the end of an era.
We'll never again have that kind of class in Washington.

Posted by: Chi at March 06, 2016 12:24 PM (BPm9K)

52 Rest in Peace Nancy.

Great pic.

Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2016 12:25 PM (qUNWi)

53 My favorite picture of the Reagans:
http://tinyurl.com/z4nfbgm

Ron, just returning from brain surgery, doffed his hat to the press with a mischievous grin on his face. Nancy, concerned about appearances, tries to keep his head covered.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 06, 2016 12:28 PM (R+30W)

54 The adults die.

And you realize, shit!, we're the adults.

I was living in Europe when Reagan won the Presidency. The world's opinion of America turned on a dime. It knew there was a new Sheriff in town.

I remember, stationed at Langley AFB, being told by the senior NCOs just what life was like under Carter. I remember being so excited and proud when the 27th, 71st, and 94th reported that *all* their aircraft were finally mission-ready. There's nothing better than seeing a hangar queen accelerate down the runway, take off, and then accelerate - vertically.

I know, I know, this is not about Nancy Reagan, but when I think about her, it brings him in, and takes me to Morning in America.

I love this country. I will miss her.

Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 06, 2016 12:28 PM (1zS3A)

55 The Leftist Hatefest will be epic.

Because they're all about love, y'know.

RIP.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at March 06, 2016 12:28 PM (oVJmc)

56 RIP

I remember her being endlessly mocked for her 'rich' lifestyle. Anyway, someone with skillz should post her 'Secondhand Rose' show at some press club that had mocked her viciously for her clothing.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 06, 2016 12:29 PM (MIKMs)

57 Loved her.

RIP Nancy.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 06, 2016 12:30 PM (HMt16)

58 we will never see the likes of those ever again. we were lucky they served us. godspeed first lady.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 06, 2016 12:31 PM (ucDmr)

59 While we mourn, I am sure she and Ron are rejoicing.

RIP and condolences to her family.

Posted by: rebbl at March 06, 2016 12:35 PM (ZzuqH)

60 May God bless them both, and continue to bless the United States.

Posted by: anon a mouse - now with more puppy! at March 06, 2016 12:35 PM (uiVGU)

61 We'll never again have that kind of class in Washington.

I was just thinking about this. First Ladies of the last, oh, say, 40 years. Roselyn Carter excepted, because I don't actually know much about her, look at Republican vs Democrat.

Betty, Nancy, Barbara and Laura were/are all class acts.

Cankles and Mooch are absolute pieces of shit.

That probably says something, I'm not sure what.

Posted by: Weirddave at March 06, 2016 12:35 PM (N8hFs)

62 Drudge won't budge the image of Rubio in the big chair for Nancy's passing. Sad that he's taken that road.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 06, 2016 12:36 PM (pUDQf)

63 That's a fantastic picture of the pair.

God Bless 'Em.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 06, 2016 12:36 PM (9ym/8)

64 Drudge has sucked (and blown) for a long time now, imho.

Posted by: Y-not (@moxiemom) at March 06, 2016 12:39 PM (t5zYU)

65 I loved them as a couple. I have given out as a Valentine's Day gift a few times the book of all their love letters. Their correspondence was so absolutely sweet, cute, and funny.

Posted by: L, Elle at March 06, 2016 12:39 PM (2x3L+)

66 61 We'll never again have that kind of class in Washington.

I was just thinking about this. First Ladies of the last, oh, say, 40 years. Roselyn Carter excepted, because I don't actually know much about her, look at Republican vs Democrat.

Betty, Nancy, Barbara and Laura were/are all class acts.

Cankles and Mooch are absolute pieces of shit.

That probably says something, I'm not sure what.
Posted by: Weirddave at March 06, 2016 12:35 PM (N8hFs)

It may be that people who hold conservative values, which include personal responsibility, accountability and morality are more likely to be people who exhibit dignity and class than those who don't.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2016 12:40 PM (0mRoj)

67 ...mar n� beidh �r leith�id� ar�s ann...

Posted by: Myles na gCopaleen at March 06, 2016 12:41 PM (1zS3A)

68 RIP. Nancy.

Remember when America had a First Lady with class?

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at March 06, 2016 12:41 PM (P8951)

69 RIP Mrs Reagan

Posted by: French Jeton at March 06, 2016 12:42 PM (WMvHw)

70 I shed some serious tears watching Nancy at Ronnie's funeral. You could truly feel her loss. Her at his casket was heartbreaking.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 06, 2016 12:42 PM (pUDQf)

71 As long as we're talking about First Ladies, it bothers me that of the three top contenders, Mrs Cruz is treated as a pariah on both the Left and some of the Right. For all the nonsense about Goldman Sachs, people might forget she was director for the Western Hemisphere under National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

I guess if you're something other than a model or cheerleader, you must be otherized.

Posted by: Y-not (@moxiemom) at March 06, 2016 12:42 PM (t5zYU)

72 ...mar na' beidh a'r leithe'idi' ari's ann...

Gabh mo leithscea'l

Posted by: Myles na gCopaleen at March 06, 2016 12:44 PM (1zS3A)

73 Our loss is heaven's gain. The angels are rejoicing.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 06, 2016 12:46 PM (kTF2Z)

74 As long as we're talking about First Ladies, it
bothers me that of the three top contenders, Mrs Cruz is treated as a
pariah on both the Left and some of the Right. For all the nonsense
about Goldman Sachs, people might forget she was director for the
Western Hemisphere under National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

I guess if you're something other than a model or cheerleader, you must be otherized.
Posted by: Y-not (@moxiemom) at March 06, 2016 12:42 PM (t5zYU)
_________

True. She is a (gasp) Republican. Republicans are almost as good at shape-shifting as the 'joooooz' in current parlance.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 06, 2016 12:47 PM (MIKMs)

75 We took care of Roselyn Carter. Oh yes we did. And we still do, on occasion, on demand.

Hence her complete relaxation and lack of hysteria.

She's one classy lady because we're one classy force.

Posted by: The Georgia State Patrol at March 06, 2016 12:49 PM (1zS3A)

76 Has the White House tweeted a picture of Barry Obama in tribute to Nancy yet?

Posted by: Fritz at March 06, 2016 12:50 PM (37OkS)

77 33 So I wonder if Ron will attend the funeral.

Posted by: Soona at March 06, 2016 12:09 PM (Fmupd)

He will, but he also won't say anything against the leftists who are trashing her today, instead will suck up to them and join them in trashing those people who loved his mother & father.

Posted by: kbdabear at March 06, 2016 12:51 PM (NfXfn)

78 >>>Has the White House tweeted a picture of Barry Obama in tribute to Nancy yet?

Posted by: Fritz at March 06, 2016 12:50 PM (37OkS)

***

She was a class enemy. Her passing will not be noted.

Posted by: The Won at March 06, 2016 12:52 PM (1zS3A)

79 Nice photo of Ron and Nancy:

https://goo.gl/QiOJ9R

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at March 06, 2016 12:53 PM (iQIUe)

80 Better than The Onion:

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/03/ the-irs-scandal-day-1032.html

Take your BP meds first.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 06, 2016 12:53 PM (MIKMs)

81 A great lady has passed.

RIP Nancy.

You've gone home.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 06, 2016 12:54 PM (EmUe0)

82 First, RIP Nancy Reagan.

I'm old enough to remember when Reagan was considered an intellectual lightweight. I don't know why it annoys me anymore that conservatives are always characterized as such, and liberals are always characterized as sooper intelligent. I haven't seen any evidence to support such nonsense and I was a Democrat until 2002.

I guess good political instincts can be conflated with intellect, but the end results don't necessarily translate into success. I believe Bill Clinton to be more lucky than smart. And if anyone can prove to me that the Zipster has any kind of brilliance behind his persona, I'd love to hear it.

Posted by: Hadoop at March 06, 2016 12:55 PM (2X7pN)

83 Would that I find a love like Ronnie found in his Nancy.

Godspeed, Mrs. Reagan. You were truly unique, and one of the very best. I miss the both of you, now.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 06, 2016 12:56 PM (McRlu)

84 Has the White House tweeted a picture of Barry Obama in tribute to Nancy yet?

Okay, that was teh funneh! Thanks I really needed that today.

Posted by: Hadoop at March 06, 2016 12:57 PM (2X7pN)

85 The sneers and slangs of the Left begin in 3-2-1...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2016 12:57 PM (oFSUK)

86 Annnnd...my Facebook just blew up with venomous hatred and bile directed at Nancy. Sometimes I hate this world.

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 06, 2016 12:58 PM (HMt16)

87 She had class and humility. The perfect First Lady.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 06, 2016 12:59 PM (sl+zA)

88 Obama is such a POS.

Asshole doesn't belong anywhere near her funeral service.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 06, 2016 12:59 PM (ILoaF)

89 Libs respond with typical classiness.

http://tinyurl.com/z4kmnf7

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 06, 2016 01:00 PM (FkBIv)

90 For all the nonsense about Goldman Sachs

So, she didn't work for GS?

Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 06, 2016 01:00 PM (HMt16)

91 My mother died in 2003. I wasn't right in the head for a couple of years after.

So, I'm sparing some thought for those who remain.

Not that I have any high expectations for them, and all, but still.

Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 06, 2016 01:01 PM (1zS3A)

92 Just know the WH is gonna use this.

http://tinyurl.com/j2577t8

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 06, 2016 01:02 PM (hlMPp)

93 So Ron, Nancy and Thatcher walk into heaven...

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 06, 2016 01:03 PM (hlMPp)

94 What a compelling and complete picture of a loving and beautiful marriage. If only people could see past the political differences to respect a family's loss and the end of a true love story.

Posted by: vivi at March 06, 2016 01:03 PM (11H2y)

95
I guess if you're something other than a model or cheerleader, you must be otherized.
Posted by: Y-not (@moxiemom) at March 06, 2016 12:42 PM (t5zYU)

Especially models that have shown their tits on the cover of a man's mag.

Wonder what Nancy thought about that?

Posted by: Doubting Thomasina at March 06, 2016 01:04 PM (JcXSX)

96 RIP Nancy..... Quite a contrast to the current "first Lady?"

Posted by: donna at March 06, 2016 01:04 PM (/dSsq)

97 So, she didn't work for GS?

For one thread, give it a rest. Clearly not what was mean, so there's no need to pick a fight.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 06, 2016 01:04 PM (YJmuy)

98 Annnnd...my Facebook just blew up with venomous hatred and bile directed at Nancy.

We really are living in a thoroughly divided country. I know the analogy has been made many times before but it's like The Stand and the "progressive" left marches under Randall Flagg's banner.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at March 06, 2016 01:05 PM (Dwehj)

99 For all the nonsense about Goldman Sachs

So, she didn't work for GS? Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at March 06, 2016 01:00 PM (HMt16)

_______

The irony, oh, the irony. As far as I can tell, because Mrs Cruz is a competent, intelligent and attractive woman, she should deny all that.

Posted by: mustbequantum at March 06, 2016 01:05 PM (MIKMs)

100 97 So, she didn't work for GS?

For one thread, give it a rest. Clearly not what was mean, so there's no need to pick a fight.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 06, 2016 01:04 PM (YJmuy)

Amen. Plenty of other threads for that.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 06, 2016 01:06 PM (pUDQf)

101 >>>Libs respond with typical classiness.

http://tinyurl.com/z4kmnf7

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 06, 2016 01:00 PM (FkBIv)

***

Back in the day, I'd have reacted with rage. Now I just pray for their poor lost lives. I mean, how empty can your life be, that you have to offer insult to a dead woman?

Mind you, having discovered a credit card that still has a little on it, I'm away to the Olde Blind Dog for Fish 'n' Chips, and if anyone insults Nancy Reagan, the kukri's takin' heads.

Stay tuned....

Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 06, 2016 01:07 PM (1zS3A)

102 Trivia: Ron and Nancy met when they started in the movie Hellcats of the Navy.,

Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 06, 2016 01:08 PM (Nwg0u)

103 82
I'm old enough to remember when Reagan was considered an intellectual lightweight. I don't know why it annoys me anymore that conservatives are always characterized as such, and liberals are always characterized as sooper intelligent. I haven't seen any evidence to support such nonsense and I was a Democrat until 2002.

Posted by: Hadoop at March 06, 2016 12:55 PM (2X7pN)

Same here, although I quit being a Democrat earlier than you. I was not at all a fan of Ronald and Nancy Reagan during the 80s. Many years passed before I realized what a great President he was and what a gracious First Lady she was.

Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2016 01:09 PM (sdi6R)

104 Well, you know, for every leftist that didn't really care for her and need to yammer on about it on their website or Facebook there are those that don't or won't. I have a liberal (I wouldn't say she's a leftist) friend and she loved Reagan. She thought he had a sunny disposition. Reagan may have been the first and last R she voted for. Some people feel a need to give their opinions on absolutely everything and their opinions have just the same weight as everybody elses opinion. The people who loved and liked Nancy Reagan who are still alive and well will continue to do so, Those who didn't, won't. Yammering about it won't change anyone's opinion.If she was suffering or had Alzheimers I'm glad that is at an end. Prayers for family and friends who did love and like her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2016 01:09 PM (w4NZ8)

105 >>>So Ron, Nancy and Thatcher walk into heaven...

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 06, 2016 01:03 PM (hlMPp)

***

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: JP II at March 06, 2016 01:09 PM (1zS3A)

106 I was in Japan when Reagan won the election. The Americans there felt a palpable change in the air when we heard we won. America was back on the right track.

Thank you, Nancy, for talking your husband into running. We all owe you a great debt.

Posted by: Doubting Thomasina at March 06, 2016 01:10 PM (JcXSX)

107
the lefts reaction says everything about them.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at March 06, 2016 01:10 PM (0O7c5)

108 Now I just pray for their poor lost lives.

That seems like a positive approach.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2016 01:10 PM (w4NZ8)

109 I was born into the wrong crowd.

Posted by: Gorbachev, crying at March 06, 2016 01:11 PM (1zS3A)

110 What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: JP II at March 06, 2016 01:09 PM (1zS3A)

Wow. I really did miss you. Apologies.

Geeze they were great.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 06, 2016 01:15 PM (hlMPp)

111 102 Trivia: Ron and Nancy met when they started in the movie Hellcats of the Navy.,

Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 06, 2016 01:08 PM (Nwg0u

I think that was the only movie they were in together. They actually met when Reagan was in the staunch anti-Communist group (forget the name) and one of his friends asked him to meet with Nancy Davis to reassure her that her name was clear, as there was another Nancy Davis in Hollywood with Communist leanings.

So they arranged for dinner. Ronnie told Nancy he had a pressing engagement in the morning so it couldn't be a very long dinner; she told him the same thing.

Turned out to be a very long dinner. And the rest is history.

Posted by: Marybeth at March 06, 2016 01:16 PM (7egrg)

112

RIP, Mrs. Reagan.

We are poorer for your passing. You and your husband are sorely missed.

Yet the thought of you reunited is joyful.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 06, 2016 01:16 PM (LUgeY)

113 RIP Nancy..... Quite a contrast to the current "first Lady?"

Posted by: donna at March 06, 2016 01:04 PM (/dSsq)

From a woman of true style and class to the hate filled, classless, ugly miserable bitch with taste in her ass and spends our money like it's water.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 06, 2016 01:17 PM (45oDG)

114 Ron and Nancy on a Hellcats movie poster.

http://tinyurl.com/jzyvztp

Posted by: The Great White Snark at March 06, 2016 01:17 PM (Nwg0u)

115 Honestly, I didn't care for her as first Lady. But...she loved Ronald fiercely, and protected him fiercely, and I can respect that. And yes, she is heads and shoulders above both Hillary and the current FLOTUS as far as grace and dignity to the position she occupied.

Rest in Peace, your beloved met you at the gates, so very happy to see you again. Give him a hug from us.

Posted by: Moki at March 06, 2016 01:17 PM (7q2ch)

116 They leave behind a legacy that will be hard to duplicate.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 06, 2016 12:15 PM

Unfortunately, as with anything valuable, hard to duplicate, easy to destroy, even for idiots like Obama and Clinton. And let this administration ignore it. Any involvement on their part would be farce and defilement.

Posted by: angela urkel at March 06, 2016 01:18 PM (V/11D)

117 Remember that picture of Reagan telling Sinatra to stop dancing with his wife? Always remembered that.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 06, 2016 01:18 PM (pUDQf)

118 >>Posted by: Marybeth at March 06, 2016 01:16 PM

He was president of the Screen Actors Guild at the time.

Posted by: Aviator at March 06, 2016 01:19 PM (c7vUv)

119 I bet a lot of Twitter users will have their accounts suspended today with all the hate they're spewing.

That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 06, 2016 01:19 PM (hlMPp)

120 This would be a good day to stay off of twitter and FB. Come to think of it, every day is a good day to stay off of twitter and FB.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 06, 2016 01:21 PM (kTF2Z)

121 >>>Geeze they were great.

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at March 06, 2016 01:15 PM (hlMPp)

***

Actually, *my* apologies. I am currently working my way through "The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister". Lifts my heart, sweartogod.

So, you know, easy pickings. I'm primed.

Posted by: An Poc ar Buile at March 06, 2016 01:22 PM (1zS3A)

122 I bet a lot of Twitter users will have their accounts suspended today with all the hate they're spewing.

I'm betting their bonus checks are already in the mail.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at March 06, 2016 01:22 PM (Dwehj)

123 While we mourn, I am sure she and Ron are rejoicing.

RIP and condolences to her family.

Posted by: rebbl at March 06, 2016 12:35 PM (ZzuqH)

This.

Ron and Nancy always looked at each other like they were newlyweds. It was inspirational.

Posted by: redbanzai at March 06, 2016 01:23 PM (NPofj)

124 120 This would be a good day to stay off of twitter and FB. Come to think of it, every day is a good day to stay off of twitter and FB.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 06, 2016 01:21 PM (kTF2Z)

I was never on twitter or FB to begin with, so that will be a piece of cake for me.

Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2016 01:25 PM (sdi6R)

125 He was president of the Screen Actors Guild at the time.

Posted by: Aviator at March 06, 2016 01:19 PM (c7vUv)

Thank you; knew I had messed up something. And here I am correcting someone else. Ugh!

Posted by: Marybeth at March 06, 2016 01:26 PM (7egrg)

126 This would be a good day to stay off of twitter and FB. Come to think of it, every day is a good day to stay off of twitter and FB.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 06, 2016 01:21 PM (kTF2Z)

Seconded

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 06, 2016 01:26 PM (45oDG)

127 Newd.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at March 06, 2016 01:27 PM (LUgeY)

128 He will, but he also won't say anything against the
leftists who are trashing her today, instead will suck up to them and
join them in trashing those people who loved his mother father.

Posted by: kbdabear at March 06, 2016 12:51 PM (NfXfn)

It must be terrible to feel the only way to get acceptance is to attack your own family.
It must be terrible to feel your only possible community are the people who hate your family.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2016 01:27 PM (q2o38)

129 Be nice if Obama and Bidden both stayed away from her funeral.

Posted by: scorecard at March 06, 2016 01:28 PM (CRXed)

130 That's a good long run, 94 years. Nothin' wrong with that, and lived well. Nice goin', Nancy, you added positive things to the collective. Rest easy now.

Posted by: goon at March 06, 2016 01:28 PM (gy5kE)

131 I never have to stay off FB-because I have a non existent account with just my name, and I only went to Twitter for Ace and Iowahawk, I don't go anymore. It's amazing what you can avoid with little trouble

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2016 01:28 PM (w4NZ8)

132 56 RIP
I remember her being endlessly mocked for her 'rich' lifestyle. Anyway, someone with skillz should post her 'Secondhand Rose' show at some press club that had mocked her viciously for her clothing.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 06, 2016 12:29 PM (MIKMs)
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Yes, when Nancy Reagan dressed in expensive designer clothes, she was a heartless, vain spendthrift. When Michelle Obama does it, she's an admirable "fashion icon."

Of course, in both cases they were borrowing a lot of the clothes. (It's great advertising for the designers.)
When Nancy explained the borrowing, the media then blasted her for supposedly being a billboard for Big Fashion. Michelle? Hasn't even been mentioned.

Glad you mentioned the funny skit she did. It was wonderful. It poked fun at the media as much as it was self-deprecating. Those Reagans knew how to fight the media with smiles and class!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 06, 2016 01:28 PM (T/5A0)

133 No tears in heaven.

Posted by: scorecard at March 06, 2016 01:29 PM (CRXed)

134 It's always sad to hear of the passing of someone we hold dear. She had a long and happy life, so that's a consolation.

She was the love of Ronald's life and for that I am happy they are together again. R.I.P., Nancy.

Posted by: Hank at March 06, 2016 01:32 PM (MCoXK)

135 "They actually met when Reagan was in the staunch anti-Communist group (forget the name) and one of his friends asked him to meet with Nancy Davis to reassure her that her name was clear, as there was another Nancy Davis in Hollywood with Communist leanings."

It's quite funny, really, to think that Nancy was suspected of being a Commie.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V (a white) (whitely brandishing ampersand privilege ) at March 06, 2016 01:33 PM (P8951)

136 ...expensive designer clothes, she was a heartless, vain spendthrift. When Michelle Obama does it...

Michelle can't be made to look classy or beautiful no matter what you dress her in. When she opens her mouth it gets worse. Michelle makes me feel sorry for Obama when I see her picture or hear about what she is doing.

Posted by: scorecard at March 06, 2016 01:34 PM (CRXed)

137 When Nancy explained the borrowing, the media then blasted her for
supposedly being a billboard for Big Fashion.

Well, Ladybird Johnson was all against billboards, so it is perfectly understandable. You know. Sort of.

Not really.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2016 01:34 PM (q2o38)

138 The libruls mocked her for the astrology, but think nothing about Hillary and her spiritualist setting up a seance with Eleanor Roosevelt.

Posted by: Hank at March 06, 2016 01:36 PM (MCoXK)

139 RIP Nancy
from Dutch's hometown
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Posted by: Farmer at March 06, 2016 01:46 PM (3hlFs)

140 Back when Nancy was the first lady I had no idea how partisan and twisted the press was so I feel like I have no clear notion of what kind of first lady she was. There was no AoSHQ back then, so I know the press twisted her image but I have no counter accounts of what was she really like.

Pics I see now she always looked classy and I'll echo the statements that the deep love she and Ron had for each other is awesome. She must be getting a great welcome home party about now.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 06, 2016 01:46 PM (tq5N4)

141 Look at our presidential election to realize how far America has fallen as a country.

Long gone are the exhilarating glory days of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

Posted by: FreedomFan at March 06, 2016 01:52 PM (G/RDV)

142 CNN was gracious in reporting. Wolf Blitzer said nice things about Nancy.

Ron and Nancy used to say if they were apart for long, they became very lonely for each other, even if it was just one of them going out of the room.

I really don't care about much what the people on the Left will say about Nancy Reagan.

Was she a saint? No, but she was a gracious and good woman, the anchor and the love of Ronald Reagan's life. Her life was a repudiation of all the vulgarity that animates the Left.

Posted by: Bossy Conservative....tortured American at March 06, 2016 01:55 PM (+1T7c)

143 OneEyedJack: I do remember how she was disparaged for her "just say no" motto on drug use. The left howled and mocked her for that, because...I don't know why.

Maybe they felt like there should have been some huge new government program with massive funding to go with that.

Man, I really hate to do this - and waited a bit before posting - because I might be mistaken as saying something disparaging about the late First Lady, but since it was brought up...

If Carrie Nation wants to stand out there with the Salvation Army band and preach against boozing, more power to her. When she and her moralizing ilk attack the bars with an axe, or get a Constitutional Amendment passed prohibiting booze, that's a whole different matter.

It wasn't Nancy's saying "Just say no" - it's that her husband was in charge of (admittedly inherited) the "huge government program with massive funding" that locked up people and ruined lives and families for smoking a little mother nature. (Yes, and harder drugs.)

Blanket Prohibitionism is always the solution worse than the problem it's intended to treat. Unconstitutional, in the sense of presuming guilt without an actual transgression.

People who drink or do drugs, generally speaking, it's a personal matter, not a transgression. Self-abusive levels are a matter for one's family, church, and might be a matter for one's boss, but not for law.

People who drive drunk, deal to kids, barf and pass out on the street, are belligerent or threatening to others - whether because they are narcotized or not - are transgressing, and a matter for law.

Legalization can go too far the other way, when repeated drunk drivers are let off with a slap on the wrist, when pot candy ends up in kids' hands, and worse, enforcement of laws against transgression is too lenient.

The poor, drunk, drug abusing, and demented we will have with us always, and our current vast epidemic of abuse is a failure of religion, of education, of economy, the degradation of family and neighborhoods, and understandable disregard for big and unbalanced government and consequent disdain for the rule of law.

"Just say no" is fine, upstanding moral advice, a great generalization. Nancy didn't deserve the horrid disparagement she got; it was, for a few of us, simply that The Government, her husband's administration and others, held a gun to your head while saying it, that made her statement difficult to appreciate.

I'll stop there. It's all be said (and argued against) a million times for decades.

It's early in the day, but I think I'll grab a beer and toast her memory. And Ron's.

Posted by: mindful webworker - specifically general at March 06, 2016 02:14 PM (YE6fT)

144 >>>21 http://tinyurl.com/z2opprk
Posted by: dogfish at March 06, 2016 11:56 AM (SSeCw)

That picture of them on a boat is so great.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2016 02:28 PM (S/1cF)

145 A 94 year old first lady dies and we are immediately told it was from congestive heart failure....but a sitting Supreme Court Justice dies in bed at 84 and we are left supposing the pillow on his head had nothing to do with his death. No autopsy for you, you reprobate reich winger.

mmmmkay.

Posted by: torabora at March 06, 2016 03:06 PM (/46S4)

146 I was on the USS America when the 1st lady came calling. It was a total clusterfuck. I do not recall any positiveness from that experience. Ist ladies need to stay off Navy ships unless they show up unannounced. Jeez that was nuts.

Captain was her 1st cousin BTW

Posted by: torabora at March 06, 2016 03:12 PM (/46S4)

147 I don't know any Charlie Brown.

Posted by: zombie lady di at March 06, 2016 03:24 PM (WOyz5)

148 So sad.

Posted by: chemjeff - PuppyMonkeyBaby '16 at March 06, 2016 03:44 PM (uZNvH)

149 Never mind Drudge. At least he has something. Hot Air has NOTHING. There was a lousy link to the TMZ in the "headlines" until it got bumped by other headlines.

Probably just as well. The comments on Hot Air are now equivalent to texts from middle schoolers at a home for the mentally disturbed. Why tptb wanted that, I don't know.

They said they were tired of moderating the comments, but I think it's because they got tired of being challenged by an intelligent readership. This way, no one will bother with reading the comments for long anyhow.

Posted by: Alana at March 06, 2016 03:53 PM (kFB2P)

150 1987 Canada PM: President Reagan had spoken to Parliament, handled complex files with skill and good humor, strongly impressing his Canadian hosts. And here we were waiting for our wives.

When their car drove in a moment later, out stepped Nancy and Mila looking like a million bucks. And as they headed towards us, President Reagan beamed. He threw his arm around my shoulder. And he said with a grin, "You know, Brian, for two Irishmen, we sure married up."

Posted by: BourbonChicken at March 06, 2016 03:54 PM (VdICR)

151 Ronald Reagan was the best President of my lifetime. Nancy made it possible for him to be that President. For that, if for nothing else, I will always hold her memory in honor. That said, there WAS a lot more to be said in her favor. She was a wonderful woman and I'm glad she's now back together with her truly magnificent husband. We as a nation will be lucky if we ever see her or Ronnie's like again.

Rest in peace, Mrs. Reagan, and may God be with you until we meet again.

Posted by: mac at March 06, 2016 04:24 PM (ilMXv)

152 May she rest in peace united with her beloved Ronnie. She was a great and gracious lady and she did a wonderful job as First Lady. I will never forgive the Liberals for excoriating her effort to get donations to buy a new set of WH china with enough place settings and serving pieces for large state dinners. The same folks who had no problem with Mooch's vast excesses on our time just couldn't handle her getting new china through private donations.

From what I understand, the Liberals on Twitter and Facebook are being profane in their glee over her death. A pox on them and their works--literally, a pox, as in the STD they allowing in the borders that rots your genitalia.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at March 06, 2016 05:19 PM (kXoT0)

153 I remember her being endlessly mocked for her 'rich' lifestyle. Anyway, someone with skillz should post her 'Secondhand Rose' show at some press club that had mocked her viciously for her clothing.
Posted by: mustbequantum at March 06, 2016 12:29 PM (MIKMs)

Yes. She was one of those tiny women who look good in whatever they wear. Designers loved to dress her, particularly Valentino and since the Reagans where wealthy, she could afford the best.

Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes now franchising Lulu Snackbars at March 06, 2016 05:22 PM (kXoT0)

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