Ron Reagan
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Ron Reagan in 2008
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| Born |
Ronald Prescott Reagan May 20, 1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation | Radio show host, writer |
| Spouse(s) | Doria Palmieri (m. 1980–2014; her death) |
| Parent(s) |
Ronald Reagan Nancy Davis |
| Relatives |
Patti Davis (sister) Christine Reagan (half-sister) Maureen Reagan (half-sister) Michael Reagan (half-brother) |
Ronald Prescott "Ron" Reagan (born May 20, 1958) is an American former radio host and political analyst for KIRO radio and later, Air America Radio, where he hosted his own daily three-hour show. He is a commentator and contributor to programming on the MSNBC cable news and commentary network. He is noted for his liberal views, in contrast to his father, former Republican president Ronald Reagan.
Reagan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, a son of Ronald Reagan and his second wife, Nancy Davis Reagan. He moved to Sacramento while his father was governor of California from 1967 to 1975. His sister, Patti Davis, is five and a half years older. His half-brother Michael Reagan, adopted as an infant by Ronald Reagan and his first wife Jane Wyman, is 13 years older. He also had two half-sisters born to Reagan and Wyman, Maureen Reagan (1941–2001) and Christine Reagan, who was born prematurely, on June 26, 1947, and died the same day.
Ron Reagan undertook a different philosophical and political path from his father at an early age. At 12, he told his parents that he would not be going to church anymore because he was an atheist.
Reagan attended and was expelled from The Webb School of California. He commented:
"They [the school administration] thought I was a bad influence on the other kids. As I recall, the immediate reason was I went to a dance at a neighboring girl's school in a classmate's car. This was an infraction. They had been looking for an excuse. I didn't get caught at anything."
Reagan dropped out of Yale University in 1976 after one semester to become a ballet dancer. He joined the Joffrey Ballet in pursuit of his lifelong dream and participated in the Joffrey II Dancers, a troupe for beginning dancers, where he was mentored by Sally Brayley.Time wrote in 1980: "It is widely known that Ron's parents have not managed to see a single ballet performance of their son, who is clearly very good, having been selected to the Joffrey second company, and is their son nonetheless. Ron talks of his parents with much affection. But these absences are strange and go back a ways." Reagan and Nancy went to see Ron perform at the Lisner Auditorium on Monday, May 18, 1981. The elder Reagan commented in his White House diary on this day that Ron's performance was reminiscent of Fred Astaire.
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