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thank you, my friends. may god always bless you." [12]

as the years went on, the disease slowly destroyed his mental capacity, forcing him to live in quiet isolation. on february 6, xx, reagan reached the age of 90 and was only the third former us president to reach that age - the other two being john adams and herbert hoover. since the former president had a hip operation three weeks prior to his 90th birthday and was suffering from alzheimer's disease for the past seven years, his 90th birthday was to be a low-key celebration with his family at his home in bel-air. nancy reagan, the wife of the former us president, told cnn's larry king that very few visitors were allowed access to her husband because she felt that "ronnie would want people to remember him as he was." nancy reagan went on to say that as the only ailment he had was the alzheimer's disease he could live to be 100. people who had visited the former us president in his home said the disease was so well advanced that he was unable to recognize any of them and he could not remember anything about his days as us president.

reagan died of pneumonia on june 5, xx at 1:09 pm pdt at his home in bel-air, california. after a major state funeral in washington that drew leaders from around the world, he was buried at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. the state funeral was presided over by president george w. bush, whose father was vice-president under reagan and followed reagan to the white house.
 

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