Devoted Nancy always at his side

RONALD REAGAN'S fierce protector was there to the end.

Nancy Reagan was at his side for half a century in his journey from motion pictures and head of the Screen Actors Guild to California governor and president of the United States. He called her Mommy. She called him Ronnie.

She was also there as carer when Alzheimer's disease sapped his memory in the sunset of his life at the couple's Bel-Air home. The nation's 40th chief executive knew it would be tough on the light of his life.