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Do not fill this in! == Death and funeral == On March 6, 2016, Nancy Reagan died of [[congestive heart failure]] at her home in Los Angeles at the age of 94.<ref name="Fieldstadt">{{cite news| url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nancy-reagan-dead-94-n532871|title=Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dead at 94| last1= Fieldstadt| first1= Elisha| last2=Gittens|first2=Hasani|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=March 6, 2016|access-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Cannon">{{cite news|last=Cannon|first=Lou|date=March 6, 2016|title=Nancy Reagan, a Stylish and Influential First Lady, Dies at 94|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/us/nancy-reagan-a-stylish-and-influential-first-lady-dies-at-94.html|access-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827000912/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/us/nancy-reagan-a-stylish-and-influential-first-lady-dies-at-94.html|archive-date=2017-08-27}}</ref><ref name="Dunham">{{cite news| url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-reagan-idUSKCN0W80S4|title=Former First Lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94| last= Dunham| first= Will| date= March 6, 2016|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=March 6, 2016|location=Washington D.C.}}</ref> On March 7, President [[Barack Obama]] issued a [[presidential proclamation]] ordering the US flag to be flown at [[half-mast#United States|half-staff]] until sunset on the day of Reagan's interment.<ref name="halfstaff">{{cite press release|title=Presidential Proclamation β Nancy Reagan|publisher=[[The White House]] [[White House Office of the Press Secretary|Office of the Press Secretary]]|date=March 7, 2016|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/07/presidential-proclamation-nancy-reagan|access-date=March 7, 2016}}</ref> {{external media| float = left| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?406302-1/funeral-service-nancy-reagan Nancy Reagan funeral service, March 11, 2016], [[C-SPAN]]}} Her funeral was held on March 11 at the [[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library]] in [[Simi Valley, California]].<ref name="nyt-funeral">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/us/politics/nancy-reagan-funeral.html | title=At Nancy Reagan's Funeral, Honoring the Queen of a Republican Camelot | first=Alessandra | last=Stanley | newspaper=The New York Times | date=March 11, 2016 | access-date=May 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgnocfYKrH8 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/xgnocfYKrH8| archive-date=2021-11-14 | url-status=live|medium=News |date=March 9, 2016 |title=Casket Carrying Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Arrives at Reagan Library |work=[[Inside Edition]] |access-date=August 16, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Representatives from ten first families attended, including former president George W. Bush, First Lady Michelle Obama, former first ladies [[Laura Bush]] and Rosalynn Carter, and former first lady, secretary of state, and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Presidential children [[Steven Ford]], [[Tricia Nixon Cox]], [[Luci Baines Johnson]], and [[Caroline Kennedy]] were also in attendance, as was presidential grandchild [[Anne Eisenhower|Anne Eisenhower Flottl]].<ref name="vf-funeral">{{cite news | url=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/03/nancy-reagan-funeral#15 | title=Nancy Reagan's Funeral: 'God Bless America,' White Roses, and a Red Adolfo Suit | first=Bob | last=Colacello | magazine=Vanity Fair | date=March 17, 2016 | access-date=May 21, 2016}}</ref> Other attendees included California governor [[Jerry Brown]], former governors [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and [[Pete Wilson]], former House speakers [[Nancy Pelosi]] and [[Newt Gingrich]], and former members of the Reagan administration, including [[George P. Shultz]] and [[Edwin Meese]]. There were also many attendees from the Hollywood entertainment industry, including [[Mr. T]], [[Maria Shriver]] (Schwarzenegger's then-wife), [[Wayne Newton]], [[Johnny Mathis]], [[Anjelica Huston]], [[John Stamos]], [[Tom Selleck]], [[Bo Derek]], and [[Melissa Rivers]]. In all there were some 1,000 guests.<ref name="vf-funeral"/> Eulogies were given by former [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister of Canada]] [[Brian Mulroney]], former secretary of state [[James Baker]], [[Diane Sawyer]], [[Tom Brokaw]], and Reagan's children [[Patti Davis]] and [[Ron Reagan]]. After the funeral, Reagan was interred next to her husband.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://6abc.com/news/nancy-reagan-laid-to-rest-beside-her-late-husband/1241887/|title=Nancy Reagan Laid to Rest Beside Her Late Husband|first=Meghan|last=Keneally|work=6abc Philadelphia|access-date=March 12, 2016|date=March 12, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdio.com/news/nancy-reagan-funeral-underway/4071767/|title=WDIO.com β Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Laid to Rest|publisher=WDIO.com|access-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312132120/http://www.wdio.com/news/nancy-reagan-funeral-underway/4071767/|archive-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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