"When the Lord calls me home, whenever that day may be,
I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours
and eternal optimism for its future."
~Ronald Reagan November 5, 1994
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is pictured on the June 14, 2004
issue of TIME magazine, released to Reuters June 5, 2004. Reagan, who made an
astounding career change by leaping from acting to politics and then forging a
conservative revolution that reshaped American politics, died June 5 after a
decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease (news - web sites). Reagan, who was
named TIME's MAN OF THE YEAR twice (1980, 1983).
Picture taken in 1976. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Michael Evans/TIME/Handout
What An incredible President You Were!
SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2004: A SAD DAY IN AMERICA
Hundreds of people and news media line the streets outside the Gates Kingsley
and Gates Funeral Home in Santa Monica, Calif., after the hearse carrying the
coffin of former President Ronald Reagan, far left in
parking lot, arrived at the funeral home, Saturday, June 5, 2004. Reagan,
the cheerful crusader who devoted his presidency to winning the Cold War,
trying to scale back government and making people believe it was 'morning again
in America,' died Saturday after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's
disease. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Former President Ronald Reagan, is shown in his office in the Century City
section of Los Angeles in this Feb. 5, 1990 photo. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)
What a Great Memory:
President Ronald Reagan tries to
quiet the cheering crowd so that he may begin his speech at a Republican rally
Nov. 3, 1986, in Costa Mesa, Calif. Reagan, the cheerful crusader who devoted
his presidency to winning the Cold War, trying to scale back government and
making people believe it was ``morning again in America,'' died Saturday,
June 5, 2004, after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease.
He was 93. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
FILE** Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and former first lady Nancy Reagan
walk through the thousands of graves in the American Cemetery in Omaha Beach,
Normandy, France, in this June 6, 1984 file photo, during ceremonies for the
40th anniversary of the D-Day allied invasion of occupied France.
(AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)
