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74. CBS News Special Report, “Death of Former President Ronald Reagan,” CBS News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
75. Ibid.
76. Ken Kusmer, “Reagan Remembered as Giant Whose Policies Resounded Strongly Here,” Associated Press, June 7, 2004.
77. Ronald Reagan, “Address at Commencement Exercises at the University of Notre Dame,” May 17, 1981, www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/51781a.htm.
78. Ronald Reagan, “Remarks at the Unveiling of the Knute Rockne Commemorative Stamp at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana,” March 9, 1988, www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/030988a.htm.
79. Jan Dennis, “Reagan’s Hometown Remembers, Mourns ’Dutch’ Reagan,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
80. Associated Press, “Reaction to the Death of Former President Ronald Reagan,” June 5, 2004.
81. Del Quentin Wilber, Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan (New York: Macmillan, 2011), 223.
82. Jon Margolis, “Reagan Revolution Stronger Now than During Presidency,” Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2004, C1.
83. Ronald Reagan, Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America, eds. Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson and Martin Anderson (New York: The Free Press, 2001), xiii.
84. Ronald Reagan, Reagan’s Path to Victory: The Shaping of Ronald Reagan’s Vision: Selected Writings, eds. Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson and Martin Anderson (New York: The Free Press, 2004), 7.
85. John Barletta, Riding With Reagan: From the White House to the Ranch (New York: Citadel, 2005), 202.
86. Associated Press, “Missouri Republicans Honor Reagan,” June 5, 2004.
87. Samira Jafari, “Alabama’s GOP Leaders Credit Reagan for Democrats’ Shift to GOP,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
88. Daily News Wire Services, “World Leaders React to Loss,” San Bernardino (CA) Sun, June 5, 2004.
89. Karen Rubin, “ ‘Dutch’ Made Impression on Locals, Great and Small,” Pasadena (CA) Star-News, June 5, 2004.
90. Thomas M. DeFrank, Maggie Haberman and Jere Hester, “After a Long Struggle, Gipper Is Dead at 93: Former President Loses Fierce Battle with Alzheimer’s,” Daily News (NY), June 6, 2004, 2.
91. Harry Levins, “The Great Communicator Ronald Reagan 1911–2004,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 6, 2004, A1.
92. Las Vegas Review-Journal, June 6, 2004.
93. Confidential interview with the author.
94. Paul Laxalt, “Laxalt: Nice Guys Can Finish First,” Human Events, June 11, 2004, http://humanevents.com/2004/06/11/emreagan-tribute-exclusiveembrlaxalt-nice-guys-can-finish-first/.
95. CNN Breaking News, “Former President Ronald Reagan Dies at Family Estate in California,” CNN, June 5, 2004.
96. Martin Weil, “Reagan’s Legacy Honored at D.C. Vigil,” Washington Post, June 7, 2004, B6.
97. Associated Press, “An Outpouring of Emotion to the News of Ronald Reagan’s Death,” June 5, 2004.
98. Associated Press, “Senators, Governor, Ex-President Praise Reagan’s Leadership,” June 5, 2004.
99. David Ammons, “State Leaders Mourn Loss of 40th President,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
100. Special Report, ABC News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
101. CNN Breaking News, “Former President Ronald Reagan Dies at Family Estate in California,” CNN, June 5, 2004.
102. Associated Press, “Reaction to the Death of Former President Ronald Reagan,” June 5, 2004.
103. David S. Broder, “Reagan Wounded by Assailant’s Bullet,” Washington Post, March 31, 1981, A1.
104. Elisabeth Bumiller, “Between 2 First Families, A Complicated Rapport,” New York Times, June 9, 2004, 21.
105. Associated Press, “An Outpouring of Emotion to the News of Ronald Reagan’s Death,” June 5, 2004.
106. CBS News Special Report, “Death of Former President Ronald Reagan,” CBS News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
107. Mike Feinsilber, “Reagan: Champion of Conservative Politics,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
108. CNN Breaking News, “Ronald Reagan Dies at 93,” CNN, June 5, 2004.
109. CNN Breaking News, “Reagan Dies,” CNN, June 5, 2004.
110. CNN Breaking News, “Former President Ronald Reagan Dies at Family Estate in California,” CNN, June 5, 2004.
111. NPR News Special Report, “Hans Johnson of the Washington Post Discusses Ronald Reagan,” National Public Radio, June 5, 2004.
112. Cannon, “Actor, Governor, President, Icon.”
113. David E. Hoffman, “Hastening an End to the Cold War,” Washington Post, June 6, 2004, A1.
114. Cannon, “Actor, Governor, President, Icon.”
115. Doug Willis, “As Governor, Reagan Honed Conservative Message, Political Skills,” Associated Press, June 6, 2004.
116. Marilyn Berger, “Ronald Reagan Dies at 93; Fostered Cold-War Might and Curbs on Government,” New York Times, June 6, 2004, 1.
117. CNN Breaking News, “Reagan Dies,” CNN, June 5, 2004.
118. Jafari, “Alabama’s GOP Leaders Credit Reagan for Democrats’ Shift to GOP.”
119. Ronald Reagan, “Acceptance of the Republican Nomination for President,” July 17, 1980, www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/reagan/stories/speech.archive/nomination.html.
120. Peter Roff, “UPI’s White House Watch,” United Press International, June 11, 2004.
121. Special Report, ABC News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
122. Suzanne C. Ryan, “Amid heat, CBS Pulls Reagan Film,” BostonGlobe, November 5, 2003, www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/11/05/amid_heat_cbs_pulls_reagan_film/?page=full.
123. Polly Anderson, “Reagan’s Film Career Included Comedy ’Bedtime for Bonzo,’ Searing Drama ’King’s Row,’ ” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
124. Ronald Reagan, “A Time for Choosing,” October 27, 1964, www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/timechoosing.html.
125. Jeff Wilson and Terence Hunt, “Ronald Reagan, 40th President of United States, Dies at Age 93,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
126. Berger, “Ronald Reagan Dies at 93; Fostered Cold-War Might and Curbs on Government.”
127. Wilson, Hunt, “Ronald Reagan, 40th President of United States, Dies at Age 93.”
128. Ibid.
129. Ted Anthony, “Mourning in America: The Great Communicator Remembered,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
130. Special Report, ABC News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
131. Kenneth T. Walsh, “An American Story,” U.S. News & World Report, June 21, 2004, 136, no. 22, 34.
132. Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, ed. Douglas Brinkley (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 227, 512.
133. New York Times, “The 1994 Campaign: Virginia; Mrs. Reagan Denounces Oliver North on Iran Affair,” October 29, 1994, www.nytimes.com/1994/10/29/us/the-1994-campaign-virginia-mrs-reagan-denounces-oliver-north-on-iran-affair.html.
134. Marc Lavine, “Former US President Reagan Falls to Ravages of Alzheimer’s,” Agence France Presse, June 6, 2004.
135. Jamie Tarabay, “Past and Present World Leaders Pay Tribute to Ronald Reagan,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
136. Daily News Wire Services, “World Leaders React to Loss,” San Bernardino (CA) Sun, June 5, 2004.
137. Vladimir Isachenkov, “Reagan Remembered for Ending Soviet Rule,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
138. Marie Horrigan, “Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. President, Dies,” Unite
d Press International, June 5, 2004.
139. Gay Gaines, in discussion with the author.
140. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author, March 5, 2014.
141. World News Tonight, ABC News Transcripts, November 4, 1983.
142. Scott Lindlaw, “Bush Says Reagan Helped Save the World,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
143. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, “Air Force One 27000 Historical Fact Sheet,” Simi Valley, CA.
144. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, “Entrepreneur Boone Pickens Donates Ten Million Dollars to Reagan Library,” Simi Valley, CA.
145. Neil A. Lewis and Eric Schmitt, “Lawyers Decided Bans on Torture Didn’t Bind Bush,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, A1.
146. Robert Burns, “Guard, Reserve Death Toll Rising in Iraq,” Associated Press, June 8, 2004.
147. Lawrence Van Gelder, “Film Opening Postponed,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, E2.
148. Mike Feinsilber, “Reagan: Champion of Conservative Politics,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
149. Bernadine Healy, M.D., “A Patron Saint,” U.S. News & World Report, June 21, 2004, 136, no. 22, 56.
150. Ronald Reagan, “1992 Republican National Convention,” August 20, 1992, http://reagan2020.us/speeches/RNC_Convention.asp.
CHAPTER 4 ROUGH REQUIEM
1. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, “A Special Message,” National Review, June 28, 2004, 26.
2. George F. Will, Washington Post, February 22, 1974.
3. Craig Shirley, Reagan’s Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2005), 44.
4. United Press International, Legion Chief Rips Peace Plan, Pittsburgh Press, October 12, 1972, 18.
5. Ronald Reagan, “1992 Republican National Convention,” August 20, 1992, http://reagan2020.us/speeches/RNC_Convention.asp.
6. Jeff Wilson, “Ronald Reagan, 40th President of United States, Dies at Age 93,” Associated Press, June 6, 2004.
7. Vincent J. Schodolski and Michael Martinez, “Quiet Moment, Public Sorrow,” Chicago Tribune, June 8, 2004, 1.
8. Rene Sanchez, “Hail, Farewell to the Chief,” Washington Post, June 8, 2004, A1.
9. Charlie LeDuff, John M. Broder and Dean Murphy, “First a Private Farewell, Then a Public Outpouring,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, A23.
10. Vincent J. Schodolski and Michael Martinez, “Quiet Moment, Public Sorrow,” Chicago Tribune, June 8, 2004, 1.
11. Memorandum by Duke Blackwood, “Entire Timeline Done in Pacific Standard Time,” May 25, 2004, 6, 21, 22, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
12. Ibid., 9.
13. Jeff Wilson, “Nation Begins Farewell to Ronald Reagan with Service at Library,” Associated Press, June 7, 2004.
14. LeDuff, Broder and Murphy, “First a Private Farewell, Then a Public Outpouring.”
15. NewsNight Aaron Brown, “Reagan Illness, Death Brought Family Close Together; Reagan Democrats Caused a Political Shift in Michigan,” CNN, June 7, 2004.
16. William Booth, “In California, a Community of Mourners,” Washington Post, June 8, 2004, C1.
17. Rene Sanchez, “Hail, Farewell to the Chief,” Washington Post, June 8, 2004, A1.
18. David Brooks, “Reagan’s Promised Land,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, A25.
19. Joanne Drake, in discussion with the author, February 20, 2014.
20. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author.
21. Liz Sidoti, “Kerry Calls Reagan ’Likable Guy,’ To Pay Respects at Presidential Library,” Associated Press, June 8, 2004.
22. David M. Halbfinger, “Kerry Pays Respects to Reagan, but Takes a Swipe at Bush,” New York Times, June 9, 2004, A20.
23. John M. Broder and Charlie LeDuff, “100,000, One by One, Pay Tribute to a President,” New York Times, June 9, 2004, A1.
24. Andrew Littlefair, in discussion with the author, April 28, 2014.
25. Jim Hooley, in discussion with the author, March 7, 2014.
26. Broder and LeDuff, “100,000, One by One, Pay Tribute to a President.”
27. Schodolski and Martinez, “Quiet Moment, Public Sorrow.”
28. Elisabeth Bumiller and Elizabeth Becker, “Down to the Last Detail, a Reagan-Style Funeral,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, A1.
29. Joint Congressional on Inaugural Ceremonies, “President’s Swearing-In Ceremony,” www.inaugural.senate.gov/days-events/days-event/presidents-swearing-in-ceremony.
30. Architect of the Capitol, “Lying in State,” www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state.
31. Architect of the Capitol, “Lying in State,” www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state.
32. Bumiller and Becker, “Down to the Last Detail, a Reagan-Style Funeral.”
33. New York Times, “No Campaign Ads on Day of Reagan Rites,” June 8, 2004, A23.
34. Jill Zuckman, “Kerry Calls Off Events, Gives Praise to Reagan,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2004, 14.
35. Sarah Lyall, “Thatcher to Attend Funeral,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, A23.
36. Bumiller and Becker, “Down to the Last Detail, a Reagan-Style Funeral.”
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid.
39. Charlie LeDuff and John M. Broder, “Shrines Show Reagan’s Reach; Services Will Attest to Historic Heft,” New York Times, June 7, 2004, A19.
40. Grover Norquist, in discussion with the author.
41. Marilyn Berger, “Ronald Reagan Dies at 93; Fostered Cold-War Might and Curbs on Government,” New York Times, June 6, 2004, 1.
42. Ibid.
43. CNN Breaking News, “Ronald Reagan Dies at 93,” CNN, June 5, 2004.
44. Alzheimer’s Association, “Alzheimer’s Association Mourns Ronald Reagan,” Jun 12, 2004, www.apfn.net/messageboard/06–12–04/discussion.cgi.14.html.
45. New York Times, June 11, 2004, A17.
46. Jeff Wilson and Terence Hunt, “Ronald Reagan, 40th President of United States, Dies at Age 93,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
47. Berger, “Ronald Reagan Dies at 93; Fostered Cold-War Might and Curbs on Government.”
48. Ronald Reagan, “Announcement of Alzheimer’s Disease,” November 5, 1994, http://reagan2020.us/speeches/announcement_of_alzheimers.asp.
49. Jeff Wilson, “Nancy at Reagan’s Side Until the End,” Associated Press, June 5, 2004.
50. Joanne Drake, in discussion with the author, January 29, 2014.
51. Berger, “Ronald Reagan Dies at 93; Fostered Cold-War Might and Curbs on Government.”
52. CNN, “Small Town to Tinseltown,” www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/reagan/stories/bio.part.one/index.html.
53. Rick Pearson, “Things That Made Him President Were Begun Right Here in Dixon,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2004, 13.
54. Special Report, ABC News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
55. Ibid.
56. Ibid.
57. Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie: The Letters of Ronald Reagan to Nancy Reagan (New York: Random House, 2002), xii.
58. Special Report, ABC News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
59. Ibid.
60. Michael Kilian, “Family Life Full of Joy, Frustration for Reagans,” Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2004, C10.
61. Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries, ed. Douglas Brinkley (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), 217.
62. Michael Reagan, On the Outside Looking In (New York: Zebra, 1988).
63. Kilian, “Family Life Full of Joy, Frustration for Reagans.”
64. Ann Gerhart, “The Leading Man: Writing Their Own Script, They Loved Happily Ever After,” Washington Post, June 6, 2004, D1.
65. Berger, “Ronald Reagan Dies at 93; Fostered Cold-War Might and Curbs on Government.”
66. Paul Kengor, God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual Life (New York: HarperCollins, 2004), 331.
67. Certificate of Death: Ronald Wilson Reagan, June 10, 2004, County of Los Angeles, State of California, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA.
68. Lou Cannon, “Actor, Governor, President, Icon,” Washington Post, June 6, 2004, A28.
69. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author, March 5, 2014.
70. Lawrence K. Altman, “A Warm Smile, a Vacant Stare, and One Last House Call,” New York Times, June 8, 2004, A23.
71. Audrey Hudson and Stephen Dinan, “Ronald Reagan Dead at 93,” Washington Times, June 6, 2004, A1.
72. Ronald Kotulak, “Seeking Origins of Alzheimer’s,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 2004, 1.
73. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author, July 31, 2013.
74. Fred Ryan, in discussion with the author, March 5, 2014.
75. Dennis Lythgoe, “One-Time Secrecy about U.S. Presidents’ Health Shifts to Overconcern,” Deseret News, January 13 1992, http://www.deseretnews.com/article/204099/ONE-TIME-SECRECY-ABOUT-US-PRESIDENTS-HEALTH-SHIFTS-TO—OVERCONCERN.html?pg=all.
76. Dick Snyder, in discussion with the author.
77. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Robert Kennedy and His Times (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1978), 13.
78. AJ Garfein and AR Herzog, “Robust Aging Among the Young-Old, Old-Old, and Oldest-Old,” The Journals of Gerontology Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 04/1995; 50(2):S77–87. DOI: 10.1093/geronb/50B.2.S77.
79. Special Report, ABC News Transcripts, June 5, 2004.
80. Ibiblio.org, “Nell[i]e Clyde Wilson (1883–1962),” University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, www.ibiblio.org/sullivan/CNN/RWR/album/Familytree/Nelle.html.
81. Lou Cannon, Reagan (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Son, 1982), 20.
82. Thomas P. O’Neill Jr., Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O’Neill (New York: Random House, 1987), 335.