BITTER MILES ON THE SUNSET JOURNEY:

Nancy Reagan Not Sure Husband Recognizes Her (Reuters, September 24, 2002)

Former first lady Nancy Reagan says in a interview to be broadcast Wednesday on CBS that she is no longer sure that her husband, ex-President Ronald Reagan, recognizes her because of the deterioration he has suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

In an interview with Mike Wallace to be shown CBS's "60 Minutes II," Mrs. Reagan says that life with the 91-year-old former president has become sad and lonely but that she and her sometimes estranged daughter Patti have reconciled and that her husband may sense that.

Unlike many "great" men, the story of Ronald Reagan is also a love story. The exclusivity with which he and Mrs. Reagan love(d) one another was not perhaps a healthy thing, particularly for their children, but it was (is) a remarkable thing and one has to feel badly for her. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 24, 2002 10:05 PM