That doesn't mean one president's funeral is like another's — far from it — and Gerald Ford's may not have the full-throated grandeur of Ronald Reagan's in June 2004.

Now, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton are the surviving ex-presidents. "Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.

Coverage of Ford Funeral Won't Rival Reagan's. The consensus is that the networks' coverage of Gerald Ford's funeral won't begin to near that of the nation's most recent farewell to a fallen ...

In State Funeral, a Farewell to Ford. First Families and Other Dignitaries Honor Him During a Fifth Day of Official Services. January 2, 2007. By Peter Baker. Gerald Rudolph Ford, ...

WASHINGTON -- As America mourned the death of former President Ronald Reagan, preparations began Sunday for a state funeral in Washington honoring the life and accomplishments of the 40th ...

Forty years ago, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford came to a final showdown at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Mo. It was the first time since 1948 that no one knew heading into the ...

Past and present world leaders were among some 4,000 people packing Washington's National Cathedral on Friday for the funeral of former president Ronald Reagan. ... Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Bill ...

When the news broke late Tuesday that Gerald Ford had died at age 93, the broadcast and cable news networks were tasked with remembering an unelected president who served a little more than two ...

Ronald Reagan died in 2004; Richard Nixon died in 1994. Certainly, cable-news networks were going concerns, but even in Reagan and Ford’s case, the constant thrum of online media was still to come.

Now, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton are the surviving ex-presidents. "Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.