Michael Reagan, eldest son of former President Ronald Reagan, dies at 80

Michael Reagan, the eldest lad of erstwhile President Ronald Reagan and histrion Jane Wyman, has died astatine 80, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute announced successful a connection released from Simi Valley, California, connected Tuesday.

Reagan was a blimpish author, nationally syndicated vigor speech amusement big and predominant nationalist talker who spent decades actively defending and promoting his father’s bequest done adjacent engagement with the Reagan Library and Foundation.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute said it "mourns the passing of Michael Reagan," describing him arsenic "a steadfast guardian of his father’s legacy."

"Michael Reagan lived a beingness shaped by conviction, purpose, and an abiding devotion to President Reagan’s ideals," the Foundation said successful the statement.

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Michael Reagan speaks astatine the 2004 Republican National Convention astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City. (Carley Margolis/FilmMagic)

The Foundation besides cited President Reagan’s ain words astir his lad from "An American Life," quoting the erstwhile president arsenic writing, "When I work his book, I had adjacent much of a fatherly pridefulness successful Mike than I had had before…. helium was blessed and astatine bid with himself."

Michael Reagan’s decease marks "a profound loss," the Foundation said, adding that his "presence, warmth, and unwavering committedness volition beryllium profoundly missed astatine the Reagan Library and acold beyond its walls."

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The enactment extended condolences to Reagan’s family, including his woman Colleen and children Cameron and Ashley. 

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