Thousands line up to pay respects to Nancy Reagan

Published March 10, 2016 10:02pm ET



SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — They came to mourn the stylish, influential first lady and celebrate an era.

The death of Nancy Reagan at 94 has rekindled memories of a presidency passed, when the “Reagan revolution” reshaped American politics, ushered in the end of the Cold War and telegraphed a cheery optimism to supporters that’s little more than a distant echo in the tumult and tawdriness of the 2016 presidential campaign.

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