Richard S. Cohen Maine Criminal Justice Academy and introducing other reforms. After the Democratic Party won back the Legislature in 1980, Cohen was replaced by James Tierney. However, newly elected President Ronald Reagan appointed Cohen as a U.S. attorney. After finishing his 12-year term, Cohen became private counsel to the Passamaquoddy Tribe. Cohen became ill in 1997 and died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City after suffering from Crohn's disease. Richard S. Cohen Richard S. Cohen (1937 – April 13, 1998) was an American lawyer from Maine. Cohen, a Republican, was a career prosecutor and served as Maine Attorney General from
Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon Dole could not hold back his tears at the end of his speech, a rare show of emotion in public for the Senator. Following the service, Nixon was laid to rest beside his wife; Pat had died on June 22, 1993. They are buried only steps away from Richard Nixon's birthplace and boyhood home. The funeral was the last major public appearance of former President Ronald Reagan, whose affliction with Alzheimer's disease was announced later that year. Ten years later, on June 5, 2004, Reagan would become the first former President after Nixon to die. Death and state funeral of