RONALD REAGAN
Ronald Wilson Reagan was born February 6, 1911, in the
family five-room rented flat above a bakery on Main Street in Tampico,
Illinois. His father was John Edward “jack” Reagan (1833-1941), shoe
salesman. His mother was Nelle Wilson Reagan (1885-1962). Reagan had an older
brother-(John) Neil “Moon” Reagan
Ronald Reagan first marriage was with actress Jane Wyman
when he was 28 and she was 26 years of age on January 26, 1940, at the Kirk o’
Heather wedding Chapel near
Ronald Reagan married actress Nancy Davis when he was 41
and she was 30 years of age on March 4, 1952, at the little brown church in the
San Fernando Valley,
By his first wife Reagan had a daughter- Maureen Reagan
(1941-2001), businesswoman. They adopted a son – Michael Reagan (1945- ). By
his second wife Reagan had a daughter and a son-Patti (Reagan) Davis (1952- ),
actress, novelist and Ronald Prescott Reagan (1958- ), dancer, journalist.
He was thought to read at the age of five by his mother. He
was an A’s student in grade school. He was a low B student at
Reagan was serving as a second lieutenant in the Army
reserve when his unit was activated during WWII. He served in the Army from July
1942 to July 1945. In 1932 He got a job as a sportscaster at WOC. He was later
promoted to staff announcer. By then he had decided to use his career as a
stepping stone to become an actor. He appeared in many different movies between
1937 to 1965 when he started his political career. He was elected Governor of
California in 1967 and served until 1975.
The republicans nominated Reagan for the presidency in July
of 1980 and he was elected president of the
At age 84 Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
an incurable neurological disorder. He suffered this sickness for almost a
decade. Ronald Reagan died on June 5, 2004 at age 93, Bel Air,
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