But some incidents weren't so funny. At a photo session at the president's Santa Barbara ranch, a reporter called out a question about arms control. Reagan answered: "Well, we uh, well.
I guess, uh, well, we uh. In , news broke that the administration had supplied weapons to Iran for a hostage exchange, and millions of dollars plus guns were routed to right-wing "Contra" guerrillas in Nicaragua.
On Nov. Asked what he knew about Iran-Contra, he said, "I don't recall; I don't remember that; I had so many meetings every day that I can't recall all of them. Reagan's memory was a political issue even before he became president.
His adversaries often claimed his tendency to forget names and make contradictory statements was a sign of dementia. Reagan tended to substitute terms such as "thing" for specific nouns, and favored using the same words repetitively. He used significantly fewer unique words in the years toward the end of his presidency, noted a study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
President Ronald Reagan died of pneumonia, a complication of Alzheimer's disease, on June 5, , at his California home. A short time after his death, Nancy Reagan released a statement: "My family and I would like the world to know that President Ronald Reagan has died after 10 years of Alzheimer's disease, at 93 years of age.
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