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The first Mrs. Ronald Reagan has died. From the New York Times obit:

After Reagan became governor of California and then president of the United States, Wyman kept a decorous silence about her ex-husband, who had married actress Nancy Davis. In a 1968 newspaper interview, Wyman explained the reason: ''It's not because I'm bitter or because I don't agree with him politically. I've always been a registered Republican. But it's bad taste to talk about ex-husbands and ex-wives, that's all. Also, I don't know a damn thing about politics.''

A few days after Reagan died on June 5, 2004, Wyman broke her silence, saying: ''America has lost a great president and a great, kind and gentle man.''