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LOS ANGELES - Ronald 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.
"My family and I would like the world to know that President Ronald Reagan has passed away after 10 years of Alzheimer's disease at 93 years of age. We appreciate everyone's prayers," Nancy Reagan said in a statement.
Nancy Reagan, along with children Ron and Patti Davis, were at the couple's Los Angeles home when Reagan died at 1 p.m. PDT of pneumonia complicated by Alzheimer's disease, said Joanne Drake, who represents the family. Son Michael arrived a short time later, she said.
In Paris, President Bush called Reagan's death "a sad day for America."
The U.S. flag over the White House — along with flags elsewhere — was lowered to half-staff. At ballparks and at the Belmont Stakes, there were moments of silence.
Five years after leaving office, the nation's 40th president told the world in November 1994 that he had been diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer's, an incurable illness that destroys brain cells. He said he had begun "the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life."
Reagan's body was expected to be taken to his presidential library and museum in Simi Valley, Calif., and then flown to Washington to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda. His funeral was expected to be at the National Cathedral, an event likely to draw world leaders. The body was to be returned to California for a sunset burial at his library.
Reagan began his life in a four-room apartment over the general store in Tampico, Ill. During his 93 years, he was a radio sports announcer, an actor, a two-term governor of California and a crusader for conservative politics.
Over two presidential terms, from 1981 to 1989, Reagan reshaped the Republican Party in his conservative image, fixed his eye on the demise of the Soviet Union and Eastern European communism and tripled the national debt to $3 trillion in his singleminded competition with the other superpower.
"Ronald Reagan had a higher claim than any other leader to have won the Cold War for liberty and he did it without a shot being fired," former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said Saturday.
At the time of Reagan's retirement, his very name suggested a populist brand of conservative politics that still inspires the Republican Party.
He declared at the outset, "Government is not the solution, it's the problem," although reducing that government proved harder to do in reality than in his rhetoric.
Even so, he challenged the status quo on welfare and other programs that had put government on a growth spurt ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal strengthened the federal presence in the lives of average Americans.
In foreign affairs, he built the arsenals of war while seeking and achieving arms control agreements with the Soviet Union.
In his second term, Reagan was dogged by revelations that he authorized secret arms sales to Iran while seeking Iranian aid to gain release of American hostages held in Lebanon. Some of the money was used to aid rebels fighting the leftist government of Nicaragua.
Despite the ensuing investigations, he left office in 1989 with the highest popularity rating of any retiring president in the history of modern-day public opinion polls.
That reflected, in part, his uncommon ability as a communicator and his way of connecting with ordinary Americans, even as his policies infuriated the left and as his simple verities made him the butt of jokes. "Morning again in America" became his re-election campaign mantra in 1984, but typified his appeal to patriotrism through both terms.
Reagan's presidency overlaid the spendthrift 1980s, tagged by some as the "Greed Decade." It was a time of conspicuous consumption, hostile takeovers, new billionaires. American power was ascendant after the angst of the 1970s over Vietnam and the release of the hostages in Iran at the start of his presidency.
In large ways and small — from the president's tough talk against the Evil Empire and "welfare queens" to his wife's designer dresses and new china for the White House — the Reagans seemed to embody the times.
And for all the glowing talk of Reagan's folksy appeal and infectious optimism, it was a time of growing division between rich and poor. Now, as then, critics point to Reaganomics in lamenting big defense spending at the expense of domestic needs and a growing national debt.
Reagan, a Democrat in his acting days, got a taste of politics when he served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1947 to 1952.
He appeared in more than 50 films over two decades in Hollywood, with roles ranging from a college professor who raises a chimpanzee in "Bedtime for Bonzo" to doomed football star George Gipp in "Knute Rockne: All-American" in which he wanted his teammates to "win just one for the Gipper."
Reagan lived longer than any U.S. president, spending his last decade in the shrouded seclusion wrought by his disease, tended by his wife, Nancy, whom he called Mommy, and the select few closest to him. Now, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton are the surviving ex-presidents.
"Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad. We extend our deepest condolences and prayers to Nancy and his family," Ford said.
Clinton called Reagan "a true American original."
Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry said that Reagan's "love of country was infectious. Even when he was breaking Democrats hearts, he did so with a smile and in the spirit of honest and open debate."
Although she was fiercely protective of Reagan's privacy, Nancy Reagan let people know the former president's mental condition had deteriorated terribly. Last month, she said: "Ronnie's long journey has finally taken him to a distant place where I can no longer reach him."
At 69, Reagan was the oldest man ever elected president when he was chosen in 1980, by an unexpectedly large margin over the incumbent Carter.
Near-tragedy struck on his 70th day as president. On March 30, 1981, Reagan was leaving a Washington hotel after addressing labor leaders when a young drifter, John Hinckley, fired six shots at him. A bullet lodged an inch from Reagan's heart, but he recovered.
Four years later he was re-elected by an even greater margin, carrying 49 of the 50 states in defeating Democrat Walter F. Mondale, Carter's vice president.
Reagan's oldest daughter, Maureen, from his first marriage, died in August 2001 at age 60 from cancer. Three other children survive: Michael, from his first marriage, and Patti Davis and Ron from his second.
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Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:40 pm
Andromaton
Joined: Nov 17, 2003
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hopefully he took reganomics with him?
Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:17 pm
AdmiralGreer
Joined: Nov 08, 2002
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He built up the military and enabled me to live in Japan for two years(USN base at Sasebo was upgraded)... But he was too conservative. Charismatic, but not the nicest guy ever. Not shedding any tears. _________________ Ice cream has this erotic sense to it- kinda like the one choclate and strawberries have.
-Me
Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:52 pm
FinalDivineDragoon
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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I was only 3 1/2 when he left office in '89 so I can't really say anything about him. _________________ There is limited intelligence in the galaxy, but the stupidity of the universe is infinite.
Sun Jun 06, 2004 10:30 am
Zechs
Joined: Nov 07, 2002
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Eh, Reagan is a hard president to judge. His nickname was the "Teflon President" for god sakes because no negative press or conspiracy would stick to him. Still the Iran Hostage Crisis which was Carter's hardest job and ultimately his demise had nothing to do with Reagan. It was either dumb luck, or the fact that the Ayatollah Khomeini just hated Carter so much that he wanted to screw him over. As for bringing about the end of the Cold War, well why dont you talk to Gorbachev about that and I'm sure he'll tell you that all Reagan did was outspend them.
The one good thing I can say about Reagan is that besides those who were adversely effected by Reaganomics, he gave a sense of pride and patriotism back to the U.S. and towards the end he did make attempts toward nuklear disarmament.
All in all, Reagan didn't do much and his wife was a stuck-up *****. _________________ Bang.
Sun Jun 06, 2004 2:44 pm
Andromaton
Joined: Nov 17, 2003
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reasgen didn't do shit to end the cold war, all he did was spend money. he didn't end it. mcdonalds did -- just ask any russian.
Sun Jun 06, 2004 3:26 pm
Rycel
Joined: Nov 09, 2002
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For all you could say about the man, good or ill, he gave us some of the best political comedy of the 80s. Who could forget Phil Hartman as ol' Ronnie on SNL? And the infamous montage of seamlessly-edited sound bytes called "Reagan's a drug fiend?" So I consider it to be a fitting tribute to the corpse of "Ronnie Ray-gun" if everyone would seek out a copy of the Genesis music video for "Land of Confusion," in which a rubber puppet of our latest ex-ex-president gives a higher-quality and more realistic performance than the man ever did in his acting career. Farewell, Ron! We'll always have Iran-Contra. _________________ Rycel's Death Count on this board: 7
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