elopement attempt by, 139
in GE commercials, 117
Grilley’s marriage to, 371
Home Front written by, 368–69, 372–73
in last visit with NR, 575
Leadon’s relationship with, 181
liberal activism of, 370
marijuana use by, 139, 242
media coverage of, 370
in meeting with RR and Caldicott, 370–71
Moore as godmother of, 46
My Turn portrait of, 520
name change of, 182
NR accused of physical abuse by, 118, 119, 139
on NR’s antidrug crusade and personal drug dependence, 321
on NR’s childhood, 14
NR’s difficult relationship with, 117–18, 139, 179–80, 182, 369, 371–72
at NR’s funeral, 577
NR’s reconciliation with, 547–48
NR’s warming relationship with, 373–74
rebelliousness of, 139
and RR’s 1980 election, 236
and RR’s Alzheimer’s disease, 373–74
on RR’s death, 561
RR’s emotional remoteness from, 182
on sale of ranch, 551–52
Secret Service protection rejected by, 369–70
strain of RR’s long absences on, 117–18
in visits with Loyal and Edie, 335
Davis, Pearl McElroy:death of, 38
in divorce from Loyal, 22
Loyal’s unhappy marriage to, 20, 33
Davis, Richard “Dick,” 25, 27–28, 30, 38, 46, 47, 49, 124, 181, 192, 248, 320, 336, 398, 577 and assassination attempt, 277, 278
as envious of NR’s relationship with Loyal, 39
on Loyal’s response to NR’s engagement, 102–3
on NR as California first lady, 144
on NR’s engagement to White, 61
on NR’s friendship with Will, 310
and NR’s insistence on funeral for Loyal, 338
on NR’s relationship with Robbins, 18
unhappy childhood of, 38–39
Davis family:financial difficulties of, 50–51
Hustons’ close friendship with, 48–49
Kellys’ friendship with, 49
Lake Shore Drive home of, 24, 29, 43, 49
Phoenix stays of, 56, 70, 106
Death Valley Days (TV show), 126
Deaver, Amanda, 507
Deaver, Carolyn, 505
Deaver, Michael K., 41, 76, 154, 241, 250, 309, 413, 560 alcoholism of, 321, 349, 505–6
and assassination attempt, 270, 271, 272, 274, 276
and Baker-Regan job swap, 388–89
and Baker’s appointment as chief of staff, 233–34
and Bitburg cemetery controversy, 390–91, 392, 393–94
blamed for 1984 debate debacle, 381
blamed for RR’s overscheduled European trip, 295
as California deputy chief of staff, 160
Clark’s clashes with, 443
death of, 573
in departure from RR White House, 388, 389–90, 396
expensive lifestyle of, 349–50, 385
honesty as hallmark of, 160, 161
legal problems of, 505–7
memoir of, 506
named assistant to the president, 235
in 1980 campaign, 222
1980 campaign rejoined by, 221
1982 tax hike supported by, 300–301
1984 reelection advertising overseen by, 378–79
as NR ally, 292, 295, 300, 301, 302, 314, 388, 475, 560
NR’s close relationship with, 160–61, 218, 394, 475, 506
on NR’s drug dependency, 320
NR’s image as priority of, 333
NR’s misgivings about lobbying career of, 504–5
on NR’s political astuteness, 161, 174–75
and NR’s reliance on astrology, 341, 347, 348–50, 351
perjury conviction of, 507
in power-sharing troika with Baker and Meese, 235, 300, 387
public relations firm of, 170
Reagans’ estrangement from, 507
Reagans’ reconciliation with, 526–27
in resignation from 1980 presidential campaign, 211–12
on RR’s 1976 presidential bid, 183
and RR’s letter to Brezhnev, 438
on RR’s openness, 409
RR’s success as priority of, 160
Sears’s conflict with, 210–11
and selection of Morris as RR biographer, 408
and Sinatra’s possible role in Reagan administration, 332
Stockman firing urged by, 264
DeBakey, Michael, 276
DeFazio, Peter, 518
DeFrank, Tom, 295
Delahanty, Thomas, 273, 279
Democratic National Convention:of 1944, 49
of 1984, 381
of 1992, 431
Depression, Great, 28–29, 30, 258
Deutsch, Armand, 132, 163, 250
Deutsch, Harriet, 132, 250
Diana, Princess of Wales:wedding of, 256, 284
White House dinner for, 314
Didion, Joan, 165 on NR, 147–48
Die Hard (film), 503
Dietrich, Marlene, 12, 343, 523
Diff’rent Strokes (TV show), 325
dime, proposal for replacing FDR’s likeness with RR’s on, 567–68
Dixon, Ill., Reagan family’s move to, 80
Dixon, Jeane, 344, 350
Dobrynin, Anatoly:RR’s secret meeting with, 441
Shultz’s dialogue with, 440–41
Dolan, Anthony, 439
Dole, Bob:in 1980 presidential bid, 213–14, 215, 216, 217, 221
in 1996 presidential race, 547
as possible 1980 presidential candidate, 204
Donahue (TV show), 372
Donaldson, Sam, 460 NR’s friendship with, 572–73
Donovan, Raymond J., NR on resignation of, 305–6
Donovan’s Brain (film), 109
Dowd, Maureen, 380
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 98
Douglas, Stephen, 29
Drake, Joanne, 571, 573 Ryan replaced as RR’s post-presidency chief of staff by, 546
Drake Hotel (Chicago), 29
drug abuse:AIDS and, 411
1980s decline in, 330
NR’s crusade against, see antidrug crusade, of NR
popular culture blamed for glamorizing of, 322
RR administration law-and-order approach to, 321
“tough love” approach to, 324
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), in war on drugs, 321, 323
Duberstein, Ken, 507 NR’s alliance with, 497–98
Dukakis, Michael S., 513
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan (Morris):poor reviews of, 409
Ron and Patti’s praise for, 409–10
Dwan, Allan, 110
Eagles, 181–82
East Side, West Side (film), 75
Ebsen, Buddy, NR’s crush on, 59–60
economics, supply-side, 263–64
economy, US, 1982 recession in, 5, 201, 300–301, 376 1983 recovery of, 378
NR’s naivete about, 251–52, 254–55, 258
Edwards, Anne, 39, 77
Edward VIII, King of England, 39
Eisenhower, Dwight, 290, 328
elections, US:of 1974, 184
of 1978, 204
of 1980, 236, 249
of 1982, 376
of 1988, 510–13
of 1992, 538–39
of 1994, 527–29
elections, US, of 1986, 463–64 NR and, 464–65
Republican loss of Senate in, 465
RR’s campaigning in, 464–65
Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 193, 516 RR’s meeting with, 294
Eller, Carl, 328
Ellick, Tom, 152–53, 156
Ellis, Tom, 189–90
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 194, 195, 208 Maureen’s support for, 359
Erkenbeck, Jane, 299, 403 on NR
’s reliance on astrology, 348
Esquire, 569
Ethics in Government Act (1978), 257, 505
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (film), 291
Eureka College:Reagans’ bequest to, 553
RR at, 85, 86, 248–49
Factory Follies, NR in, 58–59
FALN, Fraunces Tavern bombing by, 357
Fast Lane, 500
Faubus, Orval, 328
Fauci, Anthony, 423–24 in early warning about AIDS crisis, 411–12
and Koop’s AIDS report, 419–20
on RR’s failure to address AIDS crisis, 412
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 321 RR and Wyman as informants for, 91
Federal Election Commission, 215
Feminine Mystique, The (Friedan), 54
feminists, feminism, 194 NR disdained by, 5, 54, 147–48, 231, 251
Patti as, 180–81
Ferraro, Geraldine, as Mondale’s running mate, 381
Fielding, Fred, 257, 361 on NR as shrewd judge of people, 258
NR’s relationship with, 252, 257–58
and RR’s temporary transfer of power to Bush, 397–98
Sinatra’s possible role in Reagan administration thwarted by, 332
as White House counsel, 252
Fisher, Lucy, 427 in last visit with NR, 575
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 46
Fitzwater, Marlin, 368
Folsey, George, 68
Forbes, Malcolm, 518–19
Ford, Betty, 193, 297, 330 contrasting approaches to drug problem of NR and, 330
controversial statements by, 194–95
drug and alcohol addiction of, 224
NR’s rivalry with, 194
Ford, Gerald, 381, 518 1976 reelection campaign of, 184–85, 186, 187–93, 199
as possible 1980 presidential candidate, 203
presidency of, 182–83, 184
as RR’s possible 1980 running mate, 224
For the Record (Regan), 352, 508
Forrestal, USS, 193
Fortune, 296
Foster, Jodie, Hinckley’s obsession with, 273
Foster Grandparents, 250, 331, 362, 403 NR’s championing of, 167–68
Fox, Michael J., 560
Frank, Anne, RR’s quoting of, 395
Franklin, Cory, 43
Fraunces Tavern bombing, 357
Friedan, Betty:on NR as anachromism, 5, 54
on Smith College culture, 53–54
Frist, Bill, 547
Futterman, Myron, 88
Gable, Clark, 79 NR dated by, 65–66, 72–73
Gadhafi, Mu’ammar, 286, 414
Galanos, James, 143, 246
Galbraith, Charlotte, 14, 18
Galbraith, Virginia, 13–15, 18
Galesburg, Ill., 29, 32, 33 RR’s brief childhood stay in, 80, 83
Garden of Allah, 590
Garfield, James A., 284
Garin, Geoff, 528–29
gays and lesbians, see homosexuals, homosexuality
gender gap, 359
General Electric (GE):Reagan family featured in commercials of, 116–17
Reagans’ all-electric home built by, 114–15
RR as spokesman for, 113–14, 115
RR dropped by, 125–26
General Electric Theater (TV show), 117 canceling of, 125
RR as host and actor in, 113–14
Geneva, 1985 summit in, 448–51, 453
Georgetown University Medical School, NR’s commencement speech to, 499–500
George Washington University Hospital, 269, 276–77
Giniger, Kenneth, NR dated by, 65
Giordano, Joseph, 272
Gish, Lillian, 47, 65
Glaser, Ariel:AIDS contracted by, 427
death of, 428, 430
Glaser, Elizabeth:AIDS contracted by, 427
death of, 431
in decision to go public on AIDS, 429–30
Democratic National Convention speech of, 431
NR’s offer of help to, 430
in White House meeting with Reagans, 428–29
Glaser, Jake:AIDS contracted by, 427
as AIDS survivor, 431
Glaser, Paul Michael, 427, 428
Glenn, John, 376–77, 443
Goldstein, Bettye Naomi, see Friedan, Betty
Goldwater, Barry, 134, 149, 205 Ford endorsed by, 192
on RR’s first inaugural celebration, 247
Goldwater, Barry, 1964 presidential campaign of:in loss to LBJ, 127, 184
RR’s TV speech for, 126–27, 190
Goodman, Ellen, 380, 495
Good Morning America (TV show), 325, 358, 372
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 310, 351 named Soviet general secretary, 447
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to, 462
NR on Raisa’s support for, 458
NR’s liking for, 453
overthrow of, 517
in Rancho del Cielo visit, 517
Ronald Reagan Freedom Award given to, 517
RR’s summits with, 321, 358, 448–51, 453–54, 456–57, 460–62, 501
Thatcher’s praise for, 447
Gorbachev, Raisa, 451 fashion consciousness of, 452
as husband’s closest adviser, 452
NR’s rivalry with, 452–53, 454, 457–61, 462
Gordon, Waddell, Jr., 85
Graber, Ted, 413 and NR’s White House renovation, 253, 254
Graham, Billy, 279, 346, 574
Graham, Katharine, 231, 240
Grant, Cary, on NR as good listener, 73
Gray, Nellie, 301
Great Depression, 28–29, 30, 258
Greatest American Hero, The (TV show), 280
Greene, Frances Hawley, 56
Greider, William, 264
Gridiron Club:NR’s self-satire at, 315–19
RR’s self-satire at, 614
Griffin, Merv, 346, 373, 554
Grilley, Paul, Patti’s marriage to, 371
Gromyko, Andrei:NR’s meeting with, 445–46
RR’s meeting with, 445
gun control, NR’s opposition to, 242
Gurtler, Peter, 309
Haffner, Fred, 171
Haig, Al, 294, 443, 444 NR’s distrust of, 275
in resignation as secretary of state, 306–7, 439
and RR’s letter to Brezhnev, 437–38
as secretary of state, 274–75
Halcion, NR’s use of, 549
Hall, Fawn, 468
Hannaford, Peter D., 170
Hanson, Karen, 156
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 352
Harding, Warren G., 284
Hargrave, Homer, 46
Harris, Lou, 467
Harrison, Peter, 18
Harrison, William Henry, 284
Hart, Gary, in 1984 presidential campaign, 377
Hatch, Orrin, 558, 560
Hatfield, Mark, 407
Hellcats of the Navy (film), 74
Helms, Jesse, 189, 190
Helms, Richard, 505
Henderson, Lady Mary, 333
Henkel, William, 449, 508 and Bitburg cemetery controversy, 390–91, 392, 394
and NR’s reliance on astrology, 350–52
Hepburn, Katharine, 47, 49 NR’s friendship with, 65
Hezbollah, Buckley kidnapped by, 400
Hickey, Ed, 399
Higdon, Robert, 502, 509, 548, 550, 555 and NR’s funeral arrangements, 574–75
NR’s relationship with, 418–19
and partner’s death from AIDS, 419
and RR’s funeral arrangements, 561, 563
Hinckley, John W., Jr., in attempted assassination of RR, 273
hippies, 138
Hitler, Adolf, 55
HIV, see AIDS/HIV
Hodges, Joy, 91
Holden, Ardis (Brenda Marshall), 98, 130–31 at Reagans’ wedding, 106
Holden, William:at Reagans’ wedding, 106
RR’s friendship with, 98, 102, 130–31
Hollywood, Calif.:NR�
��s move to, 68
see also movie industry
Hollywood publicity machine:NR and, 72–73
RR’s aversion to, 105
Hollywood Reporter, 75, 431
Home Front (Davis):Ron’s reaction to, 372
as thinly disguised autobiography, 368–69, 372
homosexual rights, NR’s support for, 209–10
homosexuals, homosexuality:AIDS seen as disease of, 411, 412, 414
NR’s friendships with, 62, 411, 412–13
RR’s beliefs on, 413
RR’s stereotypical imitations of, 413–14
Hoover, Herbert, 45
Hoover Institution, 502, 524
Hoovervilles, 28–29
Hopper, Hedda, 107
Houseman, John, 64
House Un-American Activities Committee, RR’s testimony before, 91
Huck, Janet, 430
Hudson, Rock, death from AIDS of, 415–18
Humphrey, Gordon, 426
Humphrey, Hubert, 174
Hunt, Albert R., 568
Huston, Anjelica, 48
Huston, John, 48
Huston, Walter, 12, 22, 24, 77 Loyal as doctor and friend to, 48
NR’s friendship with, 65
NR’s show business ambitions discouraged by, 49
Hutton, John, 291, 292–93, 418, 498, 537 in attempt to wean NR from sleeping pills, 320
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