Former First Lady Nancy Reagan was fondly remembered on Monday by one of the era’s most powerful and influential figures — Mr. T.
I mourn the death of First Lady Nancy Reagan, who was Very Special to me….
— Mr. T (@MrT) March 7, 2016
“I mourn the death of First Lady Nancy Reagan, who was Very Special to me,” the former A-Team star tweeted Monday.
“I am not a Republican nor am I a Democrat,” he added. “But I am just a Christian Brother from the Hood trying to do some good! I will truly miss First Lady Nancy Reagan.”
Mr. T, know for his catch phrase “I pity the fool,” was filled Monday only with a feeling of sympathy for Reagan, who died Sunday at age 94.
The actor first met the First Lady in 1983, when she invited him to the White House to play Santa at Christmas party.
He later worked on her “Just Say No” to drugs program.
…But I am just a Christian Brother from the Hood trying to do some good! I will truly miss First Lady Nancy Reagan….
— Mr. T (@MrT) March 7, 2016
Meanwhile, the late First Lady’s daughter, Patti Davis, gave a somewhat cooler reaction to her mom’s death, saying it “wasn’t a surprise.”
“My mother had been in poor health for quite a while, and recently had gotten markedly worse, so this wasn’t a surprise,” said Davis, who was famously estranged from her parents for years.
Nancy Reagan’s funeral has been set for Friday at 11 a.m. PST at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., officials announced on Monday. The funeral will likely be televised, library officials said.
