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Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton speaks during a rally at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Monday, March 7, in Detroit, Mich. | AP Photo Hillary Clinton to attend Nancy Reagan funeral

Hillary Clinton will travel to California on Friday to attend the funeral of former first lady Nancy Reagan, her campaign said Tuesday.

"[email protected] is going to drop off the trail briefly on Friday to attend Nancy Reagan's funeral services in California," press secretary Nick Merrill tweeted. Clinton had been previously scheduled to campaign in Illinois and Missouri on Friday, two states holding their primaries on March 15. Instead, she will campaign in the St. Louis and Cleveland areas on Saturday, traveling to Chicago on Monday.

.@HillaryClinton is going to drop off the trail briefly on Friday to attend Nancy Reagan's funeral services in California. — Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) March 8, 2016

Current first lady Michelle Obama will also attend the service at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. President Barack Obama will be traveling in Texas and will not attend, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday.

In a statement from Bill Clinton through the family foundation on Sunday, the former president called Nancy Reagan "an extraordinary woman: a gracious First Lady, proud mother, and devoted wife to President Reagan—her Ronnie."

Reagan died Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 94.