Michael Reagan, adoptive son of former President, | Political News

Michael Reagan, the adoptive son of former President Ronald Reagan, has handed away at the age of 80, as confirmed by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation via social media on Tuesday afternoon.

“Michael Reagan lived a life shaped by conviction, purpose, and an abiding devotion to President Reagan’s ideals,” the muse said. Details surrounding his trigger of death haven’t yet been disclosed.

A daily contributor to the conservative Newsmax tv community, Reagan made his identify through his speak radio program, The Michael Reagan Show. The Reagan Foundation described him as a “steadfast guardian of his father’s legacy.

“Michael was and will always stay a beloved husband, father, and grandpa,” a statement from the Reagan family expressed. “Our hearts are deeply damaged as we grieve the loss of a man who meant so a lot to all who knew and liked him.”

As the eldest son of a president revered by many in today’s Republican Party, Reagan carved out his own path through a sustained career in media, though his journey was also marked by various legal challenges.

Following his expulsion from Loyola High School in his native Los Angeles, Reagan completed his secondary education at a boarding school in Arizona. He briefly attended both Arizona State University and Los Angeles Valley College, but left before earning a degree.

He briefly worked in sales and as a special events director before venturing into acting, following in his father’s footsteps in the entertainment industry that had catapulted him to national fame before politics. He appeared in minor television and film roles, and in 1987, took on hosting duties for a television game show.

In 2000, he found his most enduring media platform as a radio commentator on Los Angeles’s KABC program. He subsequently moved to KSDO in San Diego, where he hosted his own talk show, which gained traction across multiple national radio networks through syndication.

Via his radio show and various publications, Reagan championed staunchly conservative viewpoints, including outspoken opposition to same-sex marriage. He frequently discussed the Islamic State and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and in 2008 responded to fellow conservative commentator Mark Dice’s conspiracy theory suggesting the attacks were an “inside job” by calling for his execution for treason.

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While he backed Ted Cruz during the 2016 presidential primary, Reagan subsequently revealed he cast his ballot for Donald Trump in both 2020 and 2024.

In 1965, the FBI uncovered hyperlinks between Reagan and the son of Joseph Bonanno, an Italian-American organized crime determine. This connection remained under wraps during his father’s presidential marketing campaign, prompting President Reagan to categorical gratitude to the FBI and pledge to advise his son to quietly end the affiliation.

In 2015, Reagan was held accountable by a Los Angeles Superior Court for conversion and breach of fiduciary obligation. He was accused of withholding a business associate’s curiosity in an e mail business that leveraged his household identify.

As a outcome, he and his other companions had been ordered to pay $662,500 each.

Reagan penned a number of books, including two autobiographies titled On the Outside Looking in and Twice Adopted. In addition to his writing, he devoted time to varied charities and served as the chair of the John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation board.

He fathered two kids with his second spouse, Colleen Stearns.