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Originally Posted by Barb_D

Yes, I wonder how they are being nice to him NOW, if he is dead. Is everyone speaking nicely about him, perhaps?

Yes, "he"referring to Reagan. This was written a few days after his death. The original text is as follows:

Ronald Reagan is dead now, and everyone is being nice to him. In every aspect, this is appropriate. He was a husband and a father, a beloved member of a family, and he will be missed by those he was close to. His death was long, slow and agonizing because of the Alzheimer's Disease which ruined him, one drop of lucidity at a time. My grandmother died ten years ago almost to the day because of this disease, and this disease took ten years to do its dirty, filthy, wretched work on her.

By the way, almost to the day: does this refer to the day the article was written or the day Reagan died?