Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan On June 5, 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, died after having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade. His seven-day state funeral followed. After Reagan's death, his body was taken from his Bel Air, Los Angeles home to the Gates, Kingsley and Gates Funeral Home in Santa Monica, California to prepare the body for burial. On June 7, Reagan's casket was transported by hearse and displayed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, then flown to Washington, D.C. on June 9 for a service,
USS Ronald Reagan the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. In November destroyers assigned to "Ronald Reagan" conducted exercises with the Indian Navy after which the Indian Navy ships and a Japan Self-Defense Force destroyer conducted exercises with "Ronald Reagan". Later in November the vessel conducted drills with two other US aircraft carriers, and . It was the first time in a decade that three US carrier strike groups had operated together in Asia. They were also joined by the Japanese helicopter destroyer "Ise" and the guided missile destroyers "Inazuma" and "Makinami". After working with the Japanese warships the carrier groups conducted drills with seven