The Death of Ronald Reagan - June, 2004 - CBS News - part 1

From June 5, 2004, here is a CBS Evening News Special Report on the death - and long career of - President Ronald Reagan. This is part 1.

[@matthewdrake2210]

I was born on November 28, 1984 22 days after he was reelected by one of the largest margins in history, I remember my Grandmother speaking very highly of him, In fact during her Lifetime Reagan was her favorite President with FDR, Eisenhower, and Kennedy being close seconds, When he died on June 5, 2004 I gave my Grandmother a phone call to give her my condolences knowing how She felt about him and She reassured me that she was okay and told me that it was very thoughtful, Furthermore she told me that November of 1984 because of his reelection and my birth was one of the happiest times of her Life, When She Passed away 11 years later on July 11, 2015 at the age of 88 I thought about that conversation we had and my conclusion on President Reagan was he was a great leader who inspired the most positive attributes of Humanity such as unity, humor, dignity, and dedication, Rest in Peace Mr. President and Grandma.

[@Semonyacob]

Ronald Reagan: the Cold War crusader who's sunny optimism made a nation believe it was morning in America dies at 93 We miss you, Ronnie! 1911-2004

[@bhonor12]

Simon Yacob he did on the other live a long life.

[@ryanfriedman4329]

Now Nancy is with him again. Rest in peace to both of them.

[@adamgropper2072]

When my time on earth comes to an end, there is a song called the curtains fall. That song from Bobby Darin is how I want to be remembered by.

[@andrewheydt2179]

fuck both of them I really hope hes burning in hell along with lbj and Nixon for all of the horrible despicable corrupt things he did to destroy America just like Nixon and lbj those fucking bastards have no morals or decency at all good riddance

[@Birdsofthelou]

Andrew Heydt bro stfu. Don't wish hell on anybody. No matter how much you hate them. Only a few people deserve to be in hell - I'm sure you know who does.

[@tylercorbin8073]

Stocks Calvert yea, he does

[@tylercorbin8073]

Andrew Heydt What the fuck is wrong with you?

[@hoss73ford]

Ahh the '80s. There were both good times and bad times.

[@ryanfriedman4329]

Back To The Future, Arcade Video Games (Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig-Dug, Tapper, etc.), N.W.A. (quite explicit language), Ghost Busters, So much more.

[@ryanfriedman4329]

Mark Muffs tell me about it

[@muffs55mercury61]

@WessexFox99 I think the 80s are already looked at that way, mostly favorably. When we see the movies and other film clips of the day or sporting events, newscasts, etc, it sometimes may look ancient but of course it really isn't. Things just evolve and changes result, some for the good and some that are not so good. I'm glad I'm not in my 20s or 30s now days. The 2020s aren't starting off very well and Lord knows what the 2030s will be like. I agree on the lousy pop culture and try my best to ignore it.

[@logangaley870]

The 80s held a lot of great things, such as Michael Jackson, Ronald Reagan and more

[@corinnekollens7769]

@@logangaley870 The pop culture in the 80s were awesome but politics were not.

[@jacobtylerbasile]

“A president that championed democracy”

[@kincade7473]

championed democracy by overthrowing democratically elected leaders

[@yom0mma214]

Yup enjoyed democracy so much he went over congress and funded Contras via selling weapons to Iran and letting Cartels flow drugs in the US as long as they shared profits

[@kincade7473]

@@yom0mma214 interfering in governments (very democratic)

[@MMAfighter38113]

the last great president this country had or will ever have. When you've won 49 states in a presidential election, you know you're doing something right.

[@zareonx7959]

you are so right !!!

[@bigc2626]

Forget the actual story of him dying, the first musical notes at the start of the video make you cry. Ugh.

[@randomvideos8722]

R.I.P Ronald Reagan 1911-2004 You will be in our hearts forever...

[@mufcevo]

10 years R.I.P Ronald Reagan

[@rondunderfunk]

I grew up with Reagan as President, and his passing, although we all saw it coming, was still very sad to me. He, to me in my childhood, almost struck me as another grandfather, only he would visit us through the television screen. Regardless of what he did as President or what you may think of him now, I will always have fond memories of that man. I watched his funeral and I admit, I shed some tears.

[@boss1boy]

"Oh she passed away...oh alright"

[@suskdndjdhs5551]

🤦‍♂️

[@mortimer687]

Ever since his arrival, hell has been privatized and over 60% of its demons have been laid off due to restructuring.

[@jeffyboy9657]

Loving all the seething libs in the comments

[@jeffyboy9657]

@@roidboid2874 until you find out.... im a fucking leftist. 😂

[@Sayfihurriyeh]

@@jeffyboy9657 Bruh Libs are not leftists lmao

[@jeffyboy9657]

@@Sayfihurriyeh im not sure how that's relevant?

[@Sayfihurriyeh]

@@jeffyboy9657 you called yourself a leftist? And since the conversation was about Liberals I assumed you were one but I now realise I was wrong

[@1f5sda]

Although I wasn't around during his Administration, I cried when Reagan passed on. I cried, because we had lost a true hero in the world of conservatism and just being a true patriot!

[@MrFerdimand]

1f5sda1991 Fuck America lmao

[@ETRobot]

thank you sir.

[@john-gorenja]

greatest beat drop in music history

[@leninm.plazas1922]

Ronald Reagan was a good man, a good President, and a damn great American! RIP eternal US President Reagan

[@andrewheydt2179]

no he wasn't you fucking idiot he ran up three trillion in debt ignored aids causing tens of thousands to die.

[@andrewheydt2179]

he was a fraud he didnt end the cold war that is a lie

[@boobtuber06]

Andrew Heydt Oh man, you again...You just troll around Reagan videos????

[@c.r.damron8456]

boobtuber06 Ronald Reagan was a great man

[@seanwebb605]

Hundreds of thousands of people to die. And millions more abroad!

[@schrollG]

I was there for it all-the glorious Inaugural in 1981, the assassination attempt, the economic recovery of 1983-1984, Iran-Contra, the farewell address in 1989, his appearance at the RNC in 1992, and the letter he wrote in 1994. I even attended a memorial service held in my town for Mr. Reagan. President Reagan remarked in his first Inaugural Address that people who think that there are no more heroes "just don't know where to look." The real hero of them all, indeed, was the man who gave that address-Ronald Wilson Reagan. As I write these words, it is over thirteen and one-half years since Mr. Reagan's passing. But he will be as prominent a human being 13,000 years from now as he was in the 1980s. The world lost a wonderful human being in 2004, but Heaven gained its most wonderful angel. Rest in Peace, Mr. President.

[@sajidsalam7507]

I hate the part where he died

[@1f5sda]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔Me too!

[@lesheadley3999]

You will forever be in our hearts Mr. President. We love you!!

[@ChrisDutch]

@Marksnotebook caused the largest deficits, Iran Contra, over 100 officials jailed from his administration, accelerated the decline of this country's industrial base. yeah, what a guy.

[@amydarnell-fuchs4311]

He was a strong supporter of the Brady Bill and banning assault weapons.

[@World_Premier]

He was never against Assault Rifles

[@espi371]

Back when news wasn't fake, RIP a great man.

[@princepond1633]

Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and Peter Jennings. It was the golden age for news (80’s to mid 2000’s)

[@tomgibson6801]

stop whining about obama. reagan would of respected obama like he did with carter, reagan wouldn't want hateful death comments on a person because reagan had a heart

[@brandynhenry7107]

More than anything that should be remembered from this man is that sunny optimism, that bright disposition no matter what he faced, yet not being naive and afraid to act, and when acting, acting with cold and exacting force. The man exemplifies the American Idea more than any one of us alive has ever known.

[@boobtuber06]

I remember the old KZbin ‘10 minute rule’, but you can now repost this as one whole clip

[@ChannelyChannel]

Best thing Reagan did

[@fedelyfed6173]

Reagan was good man, a great president RIP Ronald Reagan.

[@fabbroisproakasynthcommand4446]

Today is his birthday. 2/6/2019 And it's been 30 years since he left office in 1989. I'm a Republican and I will teach my kids about this great man in the future.

[@bloodlustbeast4507]

I passed it oof

[@xviper03]

best president ever that went to war without firing a single bullet to end a war...

[@PonderousProse]

The Cold War began in 1945, and didn't end until 1990. 🤦‍♀️🤣

[@MrBad993]

Yeah, let's just forget about all those proxy wars that killed millions

[@fishfishes1]

Im 15 im so pisseed I couldnt have lived when reagan was in office

[@germancat8754]

24 now

[@GrandMasterFreshMpls]

@Marksnotebook It was on a comprehensive short list I had composed after a year of debates behind doors with my most senior writers. The list was then analyzed, deconstructed, reconstructed, and organized in alphabetical order. After more debate about which kind of comedy is better, banter, slapstick, or wisecrack, option 1 and 4 on the short list were decided on as the most applicable to current comedy trends. We then introduced both into a bicameral comedy committee, and option 4 was passed.

[@jarredkennedy6131]

I'm Australian. We were learning about his administration in my high school modern history class when he died.

[@kirareynolds9304]

Buried in earths depths...there he will forever lay.

[@12291949cairo]

President Reagan had a perfect control and balance in his wonderful speeches. His timing was impeccable knowing just where to inject humor and then to temper it with sobriety. He was the opposite of a 'teleprompter' kind of a guy...God I miss him !

[@duckman531]

@MrSKINFLICK May I ask how you learned the English language?

[@kratoss6165]

Sad day :((

[@HalloweenFanAUTTP]

I am 13, & Reagan passed away 14 years ago

[@rtcp2020]

You’re 15 now, I wonder how you’re doing now, you haven’t uploaded since December 2018.

[@notculzbutnormalkid3219]

Poo pee haha

[@maxx67892]

R.I.P

[@seekanddowhat]

we need him now more than ever

[@thecolinman3448]

dude you are still correct

[@zygotepeyote]

@marksnotebook this was the deregulation that led to the recession we have now. Reagan started the downfall and republicans finished it

[@MaidenUtah1]

Yes

[@johnnywilson1382]

George H. W. Bush has reunited with Ronald Reagan. RIP George H. W. Bush (1924-2018)

[@BurtBowers]

Reagan was a great president & the only president that done a lot of good for the Country I been to the Reagan Library & recommend for anyone who liked Reagan it is a must see was very nice & I think of how Reagan died from Alzheimer's it was the same exact way my dad died was a horrible way to go watching your own dad suffer in front of you taking his last breath then passed on.... exactly two years later same month of September mother dies from unknown cancer to her chest watched her take her last breath to... I couldn't help to think when they passed what My parent's use to tell us kids through time that life is very short it goes by very fast & yep... they was so so right...so right...

[@jakelocker2394]

9 years ago today...

[@gordontaylor5373]

God bless Nancy and Ron. Let God bless and protect this lovely couple.

[@DimeraFan28]

wow, 6 years ago.

[@capsman09]

June 2004 about 5 months before Washington D.C. got Major League Baseball back again. I wonder if Reagan would have been a Nats Fan ?

[@dan-1617]

Reagan is my role model. I would like to be like him

[@chuhg9267]

he’s dead

[@SlendyMusicProductionsSMP]

@@chuhg9267 Gonna happen to us all, if we follow his steps we make it to 93. Not a bad deal if you ask me.

[@muffles12]

wow it been 10 years

[@keetonplace]

Thank you Ronald Reagan for being the only president in recent history to stand by your convictions, not by what the polls said. RIP to a good man and a good president.

[@dasardillov8540]

Mr. Reagan was a good person, the best republican president that the United States had, will always be remembered.

[@dr.sexdefender7887]

u on crack

[@dricofm9239]

He was the best President of our country.RIP RR.

[@kernals12]

i thought Bill Clinton was the one with the record approval ratings

[@Amandasm26]

2004? Thats 4 years before i was born..my mother was pregnant at 2007 may he R.I.P

[@hollypietrzak5214]

Does anybody remember who announced it for nbc?

[@TheCelebBubble]

This not a red or blue or Rep or Dem issue. This is an American issue. I'm an independent and this guy was not a good guy, destroyed unions, cut welfare, what a legend, hey! what an actor.......

[@TheCelebBubble]

You didn't answer my question

[@JustaguyPAUL]

LOL my bad never knew youtube was a grammar oriented website

[@WDI2008]

We need another President like Ronald Reagan in todays world.

[@VandalsInside]

What are you saying! You're crazy, the Soviet Union has always reacted after the United States attacked, a country that shares a line of left-wing thought or independence does not mean that it is necessarily allied with communist russia! Patrice Lumumba as I have shown is an example of this.

[@melvinserrano2744]

That's right!

[@THOMAS81Z]

greatest president in my time & was proud to have him as my commander in chief when i served in the us army , goodspeed sir

[@ankitpatel5093]

Good to know that. Great! 👏

[@adankpancake]

that one line from joker

[@RJN8580]

Still no proof...I have Commerce numbers that proved the black middle class prospered under Reagan. My mom who loss her job and started her business under Reagan in '85...Her business got us out of the slums...

[@steveeisenhowereisenhower7130]

Loved him

[@maxfilmsdotcom7079]

I wonder what it was like to be there when people just heard he died

[@finallife]

I miss him sooo much, he was truly a great man.

[@Marksnotebook]

Finest President behind Washington....those two are the best in my bold opinion. I loved Reagan and as a young man during his days in the WH---I can proudly say "I lived during Reagan's time with a small business ta boot!" Thank you Mr. President!

[@user-dr4ey1qk5e]

He passed away the day after I was born

[@TVgeinus90sSim]

The sad thing is, i learned of Ronnie when I learned he died

[@ericelectric]

Im so glad Ronald Reagan was the president in office when I grew up. I loved him. I was such a happy and proud little American in the 80's. Superman would say Truth and Justice in the American Way! How sad for kids that grew up now where Superman cant say that anymore and where Americans have to feel bad about our country and apologize to everybody!

[@vccstudents]

My senior social studies teacher refused to show his inauguration! He voted for Carter and was bitter! Then again he was messing around with a girl in my class he later married, AND DIVORCED!

[@stephenkern4466]

He was the definition of presidential.. His legacy lives to this day

[@VandalsInside]

I'm not saying they had not helped nations to grow, I'm saying they did not because they are magnanimous, but because they wanted to prevent other states to develop freely as they did and still continue to do in africa ..

[@Isiah226]

i love sir reagan

[@Marksnotebook]

@GrandMasterFreshMpls IS this your most intelligent response?

[@DrawSoEasy]

I love this video.

[@c4662]

Best president of the modern era. R.I.P

[@Joricky12]

Ok im dutch but alot of my american friends tell me Reagan was 1 of the best presidents the USA ever had. Can somebody tell me why? They never really tought me anything in school about Reagan.

[@bloodsling]

I'm a canadian,but I always liked Reagan,he was just so likeable,perhaps it was his folksy demeanor,seemed like that old grandpa that would spin yarns of yesteryear and give you a butterscotch candy.

[@Hotchilipepprz4]

@southparkfan2717 Although JFK was a democrat, a majority of the things he did would be considered conservative in todays standards.

[@futurepharm1776]

Can’t believe I was 5 years old when he died

[@MaidenUtah1]

Never has the Oval Office seen a greater friend of capitalism nor a worst enemy of the nanny state.

[@treasurehunter911]

The sound of this video sucks.

[@mpuen7853]

For some reason I feel if they made a movie about his life the young Ronald Reagan can be played by Zac Efron.

[@Marksnotebook]

@ChrisDutch YES Reagan created 22 million new jobs with his tax cuts, productive economic growth and cutting of spending and the collapse of the Soviet Union...before Reagan 21 percent interest rates...after Reagan 10 percent interest rates...before Reagan 8.5 percent unemployment...after Reagan 4.5 percent unemployment...don't forget he allowed heirs to receive more money from their parents without being taxed. That effects the people who pay taxes. Left office with a 65 % approval.

[@neil73]

As a Brit and a pre-teen to teen in the 80's, I always thought Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan were having an affair! I'm sure they both had a thing for each other! He was a great president though

[@ManWisegg]

R.I.P Ronald Regan

[@NextHW5]

his economic policy caused us to head into this economic recession. That said,his foreign policy was the greatest of all time and he managed to end the soviet union. RIP

[@AFXwolf]

he passed on my 2nd birthday.

[@gallyturndrop5320]

AFXwolf3391 19 dang u a nasty lookin dude...........😷

[@bandwagon22]

The most endangered national park is now Mt. Rushmore, which Republicans have talked about for years as a fitting memorial to their beloved hero. There’s also been a continual cry to put Reagan’s image on our currency, which so far has been thwarted. If he deserves to be anywhere it should be on the hundred dollar bill, reminding Americans that the hundred dollar bill is the new ten dollar one.

[@Nominay]

You cried for a 93 yr old man who you scarcely remembered? How grand.

[@MentalAthlete597]

Commie

[@ryaana_2000]

1981-1989 Greatest Years In America

[@vccstudents]

And generations are better off that he was alive and President for 8 years!

[@SpitfireOFatj]

@kingpoptart720 No. Some of us who hated Reagan back then were just paying attention.

[@skybaker18]

Woah he died 23 days before I was born!

[@cooperativecoolchris9349]

He was an actor, a president, got shot but survived then he died from Pneumonia while suffering from Alzheimer’s.

[@jamesBFC1887]

17 years ago today. Rest In Peace President Ronald Reagan When I am POTUS I will honour your legacy Mr President

[@farhad_v25]

I hope you dont fuck up the economy and black people like he did tho

[@tirdadgharib2431]

Good day to all:One of the sadest day of my Life:I Love U.S.Président Ronald Reagan From all of my Heart.U.S.Président Ronald Reagan was the Greatest of The Greatest President in U.S.History RIP Mr President.Thank you kindlly CBS News For This Vidéo With Respect TG.

[@Brian211978]

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