Michael Reagan, Ronald Reagan’s Eldest Son, Dead At 80 | EUROtoday

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and a conservative commentator, has died. He was 80.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute introduced his demise in a put up on the social platform X on Tuesday, calling him “a steadfast guardian of his father’s legacy.”

“Michael Reagan lived a life shaped by conviction, purpose, and an abiding devotion to President Reagan’s ideals,” the muse mentioned.

His explanation for demise was not instantly introduced.

Reagan was a contributor to the conservative Newsmax tv community and was recognized for his discuss radio program, “The Michael Reagan Show.”

Reagan was born to Irene Flaugher in 1945 and adopted simply hours after his delivery by Ronald Reagan and his then-wife, actor Jane Wyman.

The younger Reagan adopted in his mother and father’ footsteps.

After attending Arizona State University and Los Angeles Valley College, Reagan took up performing, enjoying in tv reveals together with “Falcon Crest,” and he spent almost twenty years as a conservative radio discuss present host, talking of politics and tradition.

In two autobiographical books titled “On the Outside Looking in” and “Twice Adopted,” he informed of, at occasions, a troublesome childhood, which included coming to phrases together with his adoption and his journey of religion.

Reagan penned a number of others, together with “Lessons My Father Taught Me” revealed in 2016, the place he detailed classes realized rising up the son of Ronald Reagan.

Throughout his life, Reagan raised cash and labored for charities, utilizing powerboat racing as a way of fundraising for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Statue of Liberty Restoration Fund. Reagan sat on the advisory board for Mixed Roots Foundation, which focuses on the foster care and adoption within the U.S. and globally.

Reagan served as chair of the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation board for 3 years, engaged on the identical illness his father succumbed to in 2004.

As president and chair of the Reagan Legacy Foundation, he championed the legacy of his father. The conservative former president was recognized for making an attempt to reduce authorities and devoting his presidency to profitable the Cold War.

Michael Reagan’s second and decades-long marriage was to his spouse Colleen, with whom he had two kids.