I guess it's not unexpected when someone 94 years old dies. But it was a little unexpected, I saw nothing in the news in the preceding months that she was in failing health.

I still recall the news coverage of Reagan's funeral, and the touching way she kissed Reagan's coffin at the end of her part of the ceremony. Much was made in the media of Nancy Reagan being "fake", but that was certainly sincere and heartfelt affection.

Would that there were a Ronald Reagan emerging to replace the husband she mourned.