Reagan murió de Alzheimers. Esto es de Wikipedia: In August 1994, at the age of 83, Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease,[282] an incurable neurological disorder which destroys brain cells and ultimately causes death.[282][283] In November he informed the nation through a handwritten letter,[282] writing in part: I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimers Disease... At the moment I feel just fine. I intend to live the remainder of the years God gives me on this earth doing the things I have always done... I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead. Thank you, my friends. May God always bless you.[284] After his diagnosis, letters of support from well-wishers poured into his California home,[285] but there was also speculation over how long Reagan had demonstrated symptoms of mental degeneration.[286] In her memoirs, former CBS White House correspondent Lesley Stahl recounts her final meeting with the president, in 1986: Reagan didnt seem to know who I was. ... Oh, my, hes gonzo, I thought. I have to go out on the lawn tonight and tell my countrymen that the president of the United States is a doddering space cadet. But then, at the end, he regained his alertness. As she described it, I had come that close to reporting that Reagan was senile.[287] However, Dr. Lawrence K. Altman, a physician employed as a reporter for the New York Times, noted that the line between mere forgetfulness and the beginning of Alzheimers can be fuzzy,[288] and all four of Reagans White House doctors said that they saw no evidence of Alzheimers while he was president.[288] Dr. John E. Hutton, Reagans primary physician from 1984 to 1989, said the president absolutely did not show any signs of dementia or Alzheimers.[288] Reagan did experience occasional memory lapses, though, especially with names.[288] Once, while meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, he repeatedly referred to Vice President Bush as Prime Minister Bush.[289] Reagans doctors, however, note that he only began exhibiting overt symptoms of the illness in late 1992[290] or 1993,[288] several years after he had left office. His former Chief of Staff James Baker considered ludicrous the idea that Reagan slept during cabinet meetings.[291] Other staff members, former aides, and friends said they saw no indication of Alzheimers while he was President.[288] Complicating the picture, Reagan suffered an episode of head trauma in July 1989, five years prior to his diagnosis. After being thrown from a horse in Mexico, a subdural hematoma was found and surgically treated later in the year.[282][283] Nancy Reagan, citing what doctors told her, asserts that her husbands 1989 fall hastened the onset of Alzheimers disease,[283] although acute brain injury has not been conclusively proven to accelerate Alzheimers or dementia.[292][293] Reagans one-time physician Daniel Ruge has said it is possible, but not certain, that the horse accident affected the course of Reagans memory.[290]
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