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

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 6:15 PM EST, January 6, 2026


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 announced his death in a post 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 foundation said.

His cause of death was not immediately announced.

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[Bengus81]

1. Michael Reagan lived a life shaped by conviction, purpose, and an abiding devotion to President Reagan's ideals,"

And therein lies the problem............

[Aristus]

2. Someone once commented that England doesn't have a climate, just "weather".

Conservatives don't have ideals, just talking points.

[Freddie]

3. Reagan's 2 living children Ron and Patti

Are both very much liberal, as was his late daughter Maureen.

[PatSeg]

4. Yes, they were nothing like Michael

who was the polar opposite. He was adopted and wasn't really accepted my Reagan's 2nd wife Nancy. Perhaps he was just conservative by nature, but I think he tried a bit too hard to win his father's approval. Even so, I believe he always felt like an outsider.

[Bengus81]

6. Maureen was as Conservative as they come. She bleated on about how great Saint Ronnie

was all the time.

[question everything]

5. Nothing to be proud about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Reagan

[kskiska]

7. Michael was the adopted son of Reagan & Jane Wyman

The first book he wrote was very critical of his father and how he wasn't treated like the others. The second book, written after his father was president, was a complete turnabout.