Summary Reagan died on Sunday of heart failure at the age of 94 at her home
SIMI VALLEY, United States, (AFP) - Hollywood stars and political powerbrokers past and present gathered Friday for the funeral of former first lady Nancy Reagan, who is to be buried beside her husband at the Reagan presidential library.
Reagan died on Sunday of heart failure at the age of 94 at her home in the Bel Air suburb of Los Angeles, 12 years after Ronald Reagan, the 40th US president.
Representatives of nine White House families are expected at the ceremony, including First Lady Michelle Obama, former first lady and ex-secretary of state Hillary Clinton, former president George W. Bush and John F Kennedy s daughter Caroline Kennedy, the US ambassador to Japan.
The Reagans were former actors and many of the 1980s Hollywood glitterati were expected to attend, including 1980s sex symbol Bo Derek, Oscar winner Anjelica Huston, Magnum PI actor Tom Selleck and the A-Team s Mr T.
Thousands of wellwishers showed up to pay their final respects to Nancy Reagan during a two-day public viewing at the presidential library.
The former first lady s funeral is expected to follow closely instructions that she left for the ceremony, set to begin at 11:00 am (1900 GMT).
Clinton will be breaking from her campaign to be the Democratic presidential nominee at a critical juncture in the race against Senator Bernie Sanders, just four days before the March 15 primaries that include key large states Florida, Illinois and Ohio.
