Ronald Reagan - in pictures

  • Ronald Reagan, the US president at the time, is shoved into his limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981. AP
    Ronald Reagan, the US president at the time, is shoved into his limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel on March 30, 1981. AP
  • Secret Service agents and police officers swarm the gunman, obscured from view, after he attempted to assassinate Reagan outside the Washington Hilton hotel. AP
    Secret Service agents and police officers swarm the gunman, obscured from view, after he attempted to assassinate Reagan outside the Washington Hilton hotel. AP
  • John Hinckley Jr arrives at US District Court in Washington in 2003. AP
    John Hinckley Jr arrives at US District Court in Washington in 2003. AP
  • Michael Jackson is given the Presidential Special Achievement Award by Reagan in 1984. Photo: Bettmann
    Michael Jackson is given the Presidential Special Achievement Award by Reagan in 1984. Photo: Bettmann
  • Prince Charles, Reagan, his wife Nancy and Princess Diana attend an event. Getty Images
    Prince Charles, Reagan, his wife Nancy and Princess Diana attend an event. Getty Images
  • Queen Elizabeth II hosts Reagan at a gala dinner at Windsor Castle in 1982. McCarthy / Daily Express / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
    Queen Elizabeth II hosts Reagan at a gala dinner at Windsor Castle in 1982. McCarthy / Daily Express / Hulton Archive / Getty Images
  • Reagan talks on the telephone while flying on Air Force One. Photo: Bettmann
    Reagan talks on the telephone while flying on Air Force One. Photo: Bettmann
  • Queen Elizabeth rides with Reagan at Windsor Castle. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
    Queen Elizabeth rides with Reagan at Windsor Castle. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
  • Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams stand with Reagan at a tennis camp in Florida in 1990. Getty Images / AFP
    Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams stand with Reagan at a tennis camp in Florida in 1990. Getty Images / AFP
  • Queen Elizabeth stands with Reagan and his wife, Nancy, at Buckingham Palace in London in 1989. PA
    Queen Elizabeth stands with Reagan and his wife, Nancy, at Buckingham Palace in London in 1989. PA
  • Reagan meets South African Bishop Desmond Tutu at the White House in 1984. AP
    Reagan meets South African Bishop Desmond Tutu at the White House in 1984. AP
  • Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, left, shakes hands with Reagan at the Geneva conference in November 1985. AP
    Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, left, shakes hands with Reagan at the Geneva conference in November 1985. AP
  • Reagan signs a treaty eliminating US and Soviet intermediate-range and shorter-range nuke missiles in 1987. AFP
    Reagan signs a treaty eliminating US and Soviet intermediate-range and shorter-range nuke missiles in 1987. AFP
  • Reagan waves to the crowd after a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, during which he urged the Soviet president to 'tear down this wall'.
    Reagan waves to the crowd after a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on June 12, 1987, during which he urged the Soviet president to 'tear down this wall'.