Reagan Death Triggers Cuban Rebuke and Texas Mourning
Havana radio harshly attacked former president Ronald Reagan calling him unworthy of life as Cuba reflected on his death. In Texas, Governor Rick Perry ordered state agencies closed on Friday with flags at half staff for 30 days and urged Texans to observe mourning at home and in public.
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Reagan funeral to feature high security in Washington
Security will be extreme for former President Reagan's funeral with sharpshooters on rooftops and bomb-sniffing dogs on the ground. Washington remains on alert since 2001 with hundreds of extra law enforcement on duty and officers told to cancel leave as the event, designated a National Special Security Event, unfolds under Secret Service coordination.
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Hinckley still in mental hospital in Washington
Seventy days into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot by John W. Hinckley Jr. in an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster. Hinckley, 49, has been a patient at St. Elizabeth's psychiatric hospital since being acquitted by reason of insanity for the March 1981 attack outside a Washington hotel that wounded Reagan and left James Brady permanently disabled.
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Ronald Reagan Timeline from Birth to Death Highlights
Reagan born February 6 1911 in Tampico Illinois. He married actress Jane Wyman in 1940 and Nancy Davis in 1952. His career spanned radio acting more than 50 films and politics including governor of California 1967 to 1975 and president from 1981 to 1989. He faced the 1981 air traffic controllers strike and the 1984 reelection. He pursued arms talks with Gorbachev and signed the INF treaty in 1987. He died June 5 2004 in California after Alzheimer's disease.
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Echoes of Reagan in Bush policy and rhetoric
The piece notes strong parallels between Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush in tax cuts and deficits, broad agendas, and reliance on subordinates. Bush links to Reagan when asked about European views during a D-Day anniversary trip. Bush praises Reagan's optimism and idea that America's greatness lies in citizens, crediting Reagan in his autobiography.
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Reagan legacy spreads with ship, buildings, and gardens
In New Hampshire lawmakers renamed Mount Clay to honor Ronald Reagan five years after his death. Dedications span an aircraft carrier, the Ronald Reagan Building, a state office building, a hospital institute, an airport, a missile test site, a peace garden, and Eureka College among others, with Ballyporeen, Ireland noted as his ancestral home.
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