LOS ANGELES -- Relatives of former first lady Nancy Reagan gathered for a private memorial in Santa Monica today before her casket was placed in a hearse and driven in a solemn motorcade to her husband's presidential library, where she will be laid to rest Friday.
Reagan, who died in her sleep Sunday at her Bel Air home at age 94, will be buried within inches of her husband, an eternal continuation of her decades-long love affair with the nation's 40th president and former governor of California.