Kammala wannan jumla: da aka ji rauni sosai a cikin wani
yunkurin kisan kai a cikin watanni bayan rantsar da shi a shekarar 1981. Kwanaki bayan Reagan ya tsira daga harbi, marubucin jarida Jack Anderson ya rubuta "Reagan da Kashi na Zero" kuma ya lura cewa shugaban na 40 ya yi watsi da camfi, ko kuma yana da rayuka tara. Reagan, mutum mafi tsufa da za a zaba a matsayin shugaban kasa a wannan lokacin, ya tsira daga maganin ciwon daji a lokacin da yake aiki. An ruwaito cewa Uwargidan Shugaban kasa Nancy Reagan ta dauki hayar masu duba da kuma masu duba taurari don kokarin kare mijinta daga sakamakon la'anar. Koyaya, ɗan Reagans 'Ron ya bayyana a cikin tarihinsa cewa Shugaba Reagan ya fara nuna alamun cutar Alzheimer tun farkon shekaru uku a farkon wa'adinsa na farko a matsayin shugaban kasa. Reagan ya bar ofishin a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 1989, kuma a ƙarshe ya mutu daga ciwon huhu wanda cutar Alzheimer ta rikitar a ranar 5 ga Yuni, 2004, yana da shekaru 93.