Editing Nancy Reagan (section)

== 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|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306200649/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nancy-reagan-dead-94-n532871|url-status=live}}</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=August 27, 2017}}</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.| archive-date= March 6, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160306170933/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-reagan-idUSKCN0W80S4| url-status= live}}</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 – 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|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201213220/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/07/presidential-proclamation-nancy-reagan|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{external media| float = right| 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 | archive-date=June 15, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615211216/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/12/us/politics/nancy-reagan-funeral.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgnocfYKrH8 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/xgnocfYKrH8| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | 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]], then-first lady [[Michelle Obama]], former first ladies [[Laura Bush]] and [[Rosalynn Carter]], and then-2016 presidential candidate former U.S. secretary of state [[Hillary Clinton]], herself a former first lady. 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 | archive-date=May 29, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529014037/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/03/nancy-reagan-funeral#15 | url-status=live }}</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|archive-date=March 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313080445/http://6abc.com/news/nancy-reagan-laid-to-rest-beside-her-late-husband/1241887/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdio.com/news/nancy-reagan-funeral-underway/4071767/|title=WDIO.com&nbsp;– 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>