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Also Known As Anne Frances Robbins • Nancy Davis Reagan • Nancy Davis
Born July 6, 1921 • New York City • New York
Died March 6, 2016 (aged 94) • Los Angeles • California
Title / Office first lady (1981-1989)
Notable Family Members spouse Ronald Reagan

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President Barack Obama walks arm-in-arm with former First Lady Nancy Reagan in the White House; her official portrait in a red dress hangs on the wall behind them.
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First Lady Barbara Bush (centre) with her predecessors at the opening of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, November 1991. (From left) Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Nancy Reagan (back row), Bush, Rosalynn Carter, and Betty Ford.
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