Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - kukuvadzwa zvakakomba mukuedza kuuraya
mumwedzi mishomanana yokugadzwa kwake muna 1981. Mazuva pashure pokunge Reagan apukunyuka kupfurwa kwacho, munyori wenhau Jack Anderson akanyora "Reagan and the Eerie Zero Factor" ndokucherechedza kuti purezidhendi wechi40 akanga aramba kutenda mashura, kana kuti akanga ane upenyu hupfumbamwe. Reagan, murume akwegura zvikurusa akasarudzwa kuva purezidhendi panguva iyoyo, akapukunyukawo kurapwa kwekenza yekoloni paaiva muhofisi. Mudzimai Wokutanga Nancy Reagan akanzi akanga atora masvikiro navazivi venyeredzi kuti vaedze kudzivirira murume wake pamigumisiro yetuko. Zvisinei, mwanakomana waReagans, Ron, akazivisa mubhuku rake roupenyu kuti President Reagan akatanga kuratidza zviratidzo zvechirwere cheAlzheimer makore matatu achangotanga kuva purezidhendi. Reagan akasiya basa musi waJanuary 20, 1989, uye pakupedzisira akafa nechirwere chemapapu chakakonzerwa nechirwere cheAlzheimer musi waJune 5, 2004, pazera remakore 93.