Nancy Reagan passed away today.

(CNN)Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who joined her husband on a storybook journey from Hollywood to the White House, died Sunday, according to John Heubusch, executive director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Foundation.

She was 94.

We have lost a very strong & colorful first lady who had class; who always stood by her man.

God provide comfort to the family of Nancy Reagan; keep them together and give them the strength to endure.

Know all to well the devastation of losing a family matriarch, we lost our mom in 1981.

When President Reagan passed away Mrs. Tritone and I were at Andrews AFB, and saw up-close the processions to and from the airplane. She was in the public's eye the whole time and was an absolute class act at a VERY difficult time. May they both rest in peace.

Barack Obama to skip Nancy Reagan's funeral in favour of South by Southwest festival (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/12188205/Barack-Obama-to-skip-Nancy-Reagans-funeral-in-favour-of-South-by-Southwest-festival.html/amp/#)

Barack Obama to skip Nancy Reagan's funeral in favour of South by Southwest festival (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/12188205/Barack-Obama-to-skip-Nancy-Reagans-funeral-in-favour-of-South-by-Southwest-festival.html/amp/#)

Michelle Obama will be at the former first lady's funeral, which will be held at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

Presidents do not always attend former first ladies' funerals, although current and former first ladies usually do. When Betty Ford died in 2011, neither Obama nor former President Bill Clinton went to her funeral.



I don't think Presidents have a history of attending the funerals of former First Lady's.

Not that it matters, but there were two ceremonies for Betty Ford and Clinton was at the second one.

Nancy Reagan's Role in the Disastrous War on Drugs (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-newman/nancy-reagan-war-on-drugs_b_9400628.html)

There is no protocol on the funerals of a past first lady.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2016/03/09/right-wing-media-criticize-obama-for-following/209109
Reuters: President George W. Bush Did Not Attend Funeral For Former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson In 2007. In a July 14, 2007, article detailing the funeral service for former first lady Lady Bird Johnson, Reuters mentioned that "[a]mong the mourners were former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, first lady Laura Bush, and former first ladies Hillary Clinton, Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush, and Nancy Reagan," with then-President George W. Bush absent from the list:

In a funeral at a church overlooking her beloved Texas hills, Lady Bird Johnson was remembered on Saturday as the devoted wife of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and a courageous advocate for social causes.

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Among the mourners were former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, first lady Laura Bush and former first ladies Hillary Clinton, Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush and Nancy Reagan. [Reuters, 7/14/07]