As Twitter is want to do, the microblogging network became a de facto town square Sunday as politicians, personalities and every day folk shared their thoughts and memories of former first lady Nancy Reagan.
Reagan, perhaps most famous for her "Just Say No" ant-drug abuse campaign, died Sunday moing at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure. She was 94.
News of her death spread quickly on Twitter, with Twitter users sending more than a quarter million tweets mentioning the former first lady just a few hours after her death was announced.
Candidates to fill the office once held by her husband Ronald Reagan took time from their campaigning to offer praise and condolences. Republican front-runner Donald Trump called her an "amazing woman":
Nancy Reagan, the wife of a truly great President, was an amazing woman. She will be missed!
The White House tweeted a photo showing Nancy Reagan being escorted by President Barack Obama, saying the president and first lady were "grateful" for her life: