Former First Lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94

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Former First Lady Nancy Reagan has died of congestive heart failure, her spokeswoman confirmed Sunday, NBC News reports. She was 94.

Reagan will be buried next to her husband, former President Ronald Reagan, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.

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Julie Kliegman
Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.