Photos: Nancy Reagan through the years

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Photos: Nancy Reagan through the years

The former first lady died Sunday March 6, 2016 at her home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, assistant Allison Borio told The Associated Press.

[ Read story: Nancy Reagan dies at 94 ] FILE - In this Jan. 20, 1981, file photo, President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan wave to onlookers at the Capitol building as they stand at the podium in Washington following the swearing in ceremony. The former first lady has died at 94, The Associated Press confirmed Sunday, March 6, 2016. (AP Photo/File)

Feb, 1980 - Atlanta, Ga.: Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan gets a hug from a supporter after speaking to steering committee at the Airport Sheraton Hotel. His wife Nancy looks on. (Nancy Mangiafico/AJC staff)

FEB, 1980 - Atlanta, Ga.: Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan speaks to steering committee at the Airport Sheraton Hotel. His wife Nancy sits to his left under campaign poster. (Nancy Mangiafico/AJC staff)

PHILADELPHIA, MISS., Aug. 1, 1980: Republican presidential hopeful Ronald Reagan holds up a reagan Country tee-shirt as his wife Nancy looks on in the crowd at the Neshoba County Fair at Philadelphia, Miss. Sunday. Someone among the crowd of 20,000 presented him with the tee-shirt in what is normally Democratic country. (AP)

Nancy Reagan proudly watches as her husband Ronald Reagan takes the oath of office at the Capitol in this January 20, 1981 file photo. It is reported that Reagan died on Saturday, June 5, 2004 at 93. (AP Photo)

FILE--Incoming President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with outgoing President Jimmy Carter Tuesday, January 20, 1981 during Reagan's swearing in ceremony at the captiol. Reagan's wife Nancy is between them, back to camera. (Associated Press)

President -elect Ronald Reagan and his wife,Nancy, leave st. John's Church in Washington in this Jan. 1981 file photo after attending services. Reagaon's pastor from California, Donn Moomaw, stands in background, and pastor at left is Dr. John C. Harper. Every president since James Madison has crossed Lafayette Square to worship at St. John's, the pale yellow Episcopal church within sight of the White House. President Bush is maintaining the tradition, attending whenever he is Washington for the weekend. (AP Photo)

In this Nov. 9, 1985 file photo released by the White House, President Ronald Reagan, left, and first lady Nancy Reagan talk with Diana, Princess of Wales, right, and Prince Charles in the West Sitting Hall of the White House in Washington. Prince Charles, his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and a wardrobe full of dresses jet off to the United States Tuesday on a tour designed to celebrate trans-Atlantic ties, promote Charles' environmentalist causes _ and test reaction to his new bride in a nation still smitten with the late Princess Diana. (AP Photo/Mary Anne Fackelman-Miner/White House, HO, File)

In this Dec. 24, 1984, file photo President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan have a new guest for its first Christmas, their dog Lucky, as it checks the gifts with the Reagan's in front of the family quarter's tree at the White House in Washington. In 1981, Reagan caught Nancy Reagan under the "kissing ball" of mistletoe that hung in the Grand Foyer, but Reagan's allergies couldn't handle some of the other floral arrangements, and the plants had to be exiled to spots in the White House that the president rarely visited. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

FILE--Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping holds hands with U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan with U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Beijing April 28, 1984. Deng, the veteran Communist revolutionary who guided China from political chaos and economic ruin toward prosperity, has died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1997 according to the government. Deng suffered from advanced Parkinson's disease, complicated by lung infections, and died from respiratory failure after emergency treatment, the Xinhua News Agency said. (AP Photo (AP Photo/Scott Stewart)

U.S. President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan welcome Diana, Princess of Wales, right, during a dinner in honor of the Prince and Princess at the White House in Washington, D.C., in this Nov. 9, 1985 file photo. Friday Aug. 31, 2007 marks the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death in a Paris car crash. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart)

FILE - In this March 16, 1983, file photo, first lady Nancy Reagan, left, gets a laugh with Ray Charles, center, and Willie Nelson, right, and other entertainers at a salute to country music at Constitution Hall in Washington. The former first lady has died at 94, The Associated Press confirmed Sunday, March 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File)

(L-R) Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, his wife Mila, First Lady Nancy Reagan and President Ronald Reagan pose in their evening wear before departing for a gala performance Sunday night in Quebec City, in this March 17, 1985 file photo. (Associated Press)

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and former first lady Nancy Reagan walk through the thousands of graves in the American Cemetery in Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, in this June 6, 1984, file photo, during ceremonies for the 40th anniversary of the D-Day allied invasion of occupied France. 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, June 5, 2004,after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 93. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

In this Jan. 6, 1985 black-and-white file photo, President Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan walk toward the White House in Washington, with their dog "Lucky," shortly after returning from a weekend at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Ronald and Nancy Reagan pose with actor William Holden, right, and his wife Ardis Holden, left, in this White House photo of the Reagans' 1952 wedding. Reagan died at age 93 on Saturday, June 5, 2004. (AP Photo/White House/ho)

California Gov. Ronald Reagan, second from left, is surrounded by supporters at his inaugural gala at Sacramento's Municipal auditorium, Ca., on Jan. 5, 1971. From left are, Frank Sinatra, Gov. Reagan, Vicki Carr, Nancy Reagan, Dean Martin, John Wayne, behind, Jack Benny, partially hidden, and Jimmy Stewart, far right. Reagan died at age 93 on Saturday, June 5, 2004. (AP Photo)

Mrs. Frank Sinatra, the former Barbara Marx, and former ambassador Walter Annenberg pose for a picture with Ronald Reagan and wife, Nancy, at a reception at the Sinatra home following the wedding of Frank Sinatra to Mrs. Marx in Palm Springs, Calif., on July 12, 1976. Annenberg, who parlayed America's love affair with television into a fortune by launching the national TV Guide magazine and later served as ambassador to Britain, died Tuesday, Oct.1, 2002. He was 94. (AP Photo/Chuck Scardano,file) ORG XMIT: NY19

In this 1957 photo released by Columbia Pictures, Actor Ronald Reagan, right, actress Nancy Davis, center, and actor Arthur Franz talk during filming of the 1957 movie "Hellcats of the Navy." Franz's daughter, Gina Martenson, says the veteran movie and television actor died Saturday, June 17, 2006, of heart failure and emphysema at an Oxnard, California, hospital. He was 86. Franz appeared in the 1949 John Wayne film "Sands of Iwo Jima" and in 1951's "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man." And he played alongside Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Davis, in the 1957 film "Hellcats of the Navy." (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures)

Jimmy Carter gives a thumbs up sign as he and Rosalynn give a tour of the Carter Center to Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Circa 1986.

This Jan. 20, 1981 file photo, shows President Ronald Reagan as he gives a thumbs up to the crowd while his wife, first lady Nancy Reagan, waves from a limousine during the inaugural parade in Washington following Reagan's swearing in as the 40th president of the United States. Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, marks the centennial anniversary of Reagan's birth. (AP Photo/File)

Nancy Reagan,left, meets with Lady Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, at the Blair House in Washington, D.C. Thursday, June 10, 2004. (AP Photo/Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, Pete Souza)

Ronald and Nancy Reagan pose on the July 1998 cover of Vanity Fair. This portrait is the first portrait of the former president and his wife taken in six years. The magazine said that according to Mrs. Reagan 'it may be their last formal sitting together.' (AP Photo/Vanity Fair, Harry Benson)

Former President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy pose for pictures during a tour of the Christmas Around the World exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum Tuesday Nov 22 1994 in Simi Valley Calif The Exhibit featured Christmas trees with decorations representing different areas of the world This marks the former president s first public appearance since being diagnosed with Alzheimer s disease. (AP Photo/ Mark J Terrill)

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[ Read story: Nancy Reagan dies at 94 ] FILE - In this Jan. 20, 1981, file photo, President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan wave to onlookers at the Capitol building as they stand at the podium in Washington following the swearing in ceremony. The former first lady has died at 94, The Associated Press confirmed Sunday, March 6, 2016. (AP Photo/File)

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