Thanks for your defense, but I`m not offended. I`m thick-skinned and loves the spirit on free republic! When it comes to Ford I knew that he was old and that he had hart problems, latest this summer. But still I think there`s a distinct difference to assume that Ford died of hart problems and to get he official cause of death. But I guess in this case there isn`t any official cause of death.
Of course he was old and 93 is a impressing age. But Reagan reached the same age - he was suffering from alzeimer, but the official cause of detah was pneumonia.
Ok - I guess you`re right. I guess I remember that there was breaking news that president Reagan was in his final stage battling pneumonia - I guess I mixed this late breaking news with the later official cause of death.
I`m not familiar with eventual american tradition (I`m a norwegian living in Norway)when a former president dies - but I find it a little bit strange that no official cause of death not yet has been relased.Reagan was suffering from alzheimer, but died from pneumonia.