Mourners gather to remember Nancy Reagan at funeral
Mourners gathered at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, Friday for the funeral of former First Lady Nancy Reagan. Among the 1,000 relatives, dignitaries, and friends in attendance were former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, First Lady Michelle Obama, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Veteran television journalist Diane Sawyer shared recollections and former Canadian Prime Minster Brian Mulroney read a letter that former President Ronald Reagan wrote to his wife on their first Christmas in the White House in 1981.
Nancy Reagan, who died of congestive heart failure at 94, will be buried alongside her husband.
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