and NR’s breast cancer, 401–2
and RR’s Alzheimer’s disease, 531, 532, 533, 546, 556
and RR’s colon cancer, 396–97
Inge, William, 17
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, 456
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in war on drugs, 321
International Best Dressed List, NR as regular on, 146
International Women’s Year Conference, 194
Iowa caucuses (1980), 212–14
Iran:Lebanon hostages and, 466, 472
US relations with, 399–400, 471–72
Iran-contra scandal, 304, 312, 352, 385, 400, 456, 463 Abshire as special counsel for, 480–84
Casey and, 473, 477–78
continuing fallout from, 501
hostage releases in, 465–66
impeachment possibility in, 473–74
Israel’s role in, 466
McFarlane in, 445, 466, 492
Meese’s investigation of, 467, 468
North in, 468, 473, 478, 501
NR’s blaming of Regan for, 469
NR’s fears about, 473
NR’s role in rescue of Reagan presidency from, 493–94, 495
NSC in, 467
Poindexter and, 468, 501
profits from arms sales funneled to contras in, 468, 501
Regan’s push for news conference on, 484–85
RR’s Alzheimer’s as possible factor in, 534
RR’s false statements in, 466–67
RR’s job approval affected by, 467, 473, 493
RR’s stubbornness in, 467, 473–74, 480
RR’s televised speech on, 489–93
Tower Commission investigation of, see Tower Commission
as violation of US policy on terrorism, 466, 472
Iranian hostage crisis, 206, 232, 247, 248
Islamic Holy War, 465
Israel:in Iran-contra deal, 466
Lebanon invaded by, 294
“I Wish You Peace” (song), 181
Jacobsen, David, 465
Jefferson, Eva, 180
Jennings, Peter, 540
Jews, in Soviet Union, 461
Joffrey Ballet, 200, 275, 356–57
Johnny Belinda (film), 90
John Paul II, Pope, 294, 395 attempted assassination of, 285
Johnson, Hiram, 162
Johnson, Lady Bird, 259
Johnson, Lyndon B., 167–68, 172 in decision not to seek reelection, 174, 175
Goldwater’s loss to, 127
John Thomas Dye School, 131
Jones, Jennifer, 95, 96
Jordan, Vernon, 241
Jorgensen, Earle, 132, 163, 236–37, 250, 509–10
Jorgensen, Marion, 132, 236–37, 250
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 560
Kanavel, Allen B., 22, 23
Kaposi’s sarcoma, 411, 416
Keel, Howard, 68
Keeper of the Gate (S. Roosevelt), 521
Keirstead, Hans, 558
Kelley, Kitty, 24, 35, 38, 192 NR biography by, 522–24
sexual liaison of NR and Sinatra intimated by, 332
Kelly, Edward J., 49, 51
Kelly, Gene, 200
Kelly, Margaret, 49
Kennedy, Edward M., 571 1980 presidential bid of, 206
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 451 Wexford home designed by, 226
White House redecorated by, 253–54
Kennedy, John F., 284, 493 assassination of, 226, 271
Kennedy, Robert F.:assassination of, 174
in 1968 presidential race, 174, 175
in Vietnam debate with RR, 173
Kenworthy, Stuart:NR’s funeral service conducted by, 576–77
NR’s meetings with, 574–75
Kerr, Clark, 151
Kerry, John F., 562
Khachigian, Ken, 227, 302, 393, 479, 547 in RR’s 1980 campaign, 228–29
Khrushchev, Nikita, 451
Khrushchev, Nina Petrovna, 451
Killers, The (film), 126
Kings Row (film), 89
Kinsolving, Lester, 414
Kirkpatrick, Jeane J., 444–45
Kisselgoff, Anna, 357
Kissinger, Henry, 191, 241
Kitchen Cabinet, 129–30, 148, 185, 219 NR’s ouster of, 253
in RR’s presidential transition committee, 252
Sears’s sidelining of, 208
Kitt, Eartha, 35
Klement, Cyndi, 576
Klemesrud, Judy, 194
Knight, Goodwin, 138
Knox College, 33
Knute Rockne All American (film), 89
Koehler, John O., 485–86
Kohl, Helmut, in Bitburg cemetery visit with RR, 390, 392, 393
Koop, C. Everett, 421 AIDS report of, 419–20
as surgeon general, 419
Korea, RR’s 1983 visit to, 345
Kowl, Andy, 500
Krasna, Norman, 95
Kristofferson, Kris, 369
Krost, Barry, 431–32 on NR’s response to AIDS crisis, 432
Kuhn, James, 291, 343, 401, 479, 514, 547 on conservatives’ unhappiness with RR’s Soviet discussions, 456–57
and Geneva summit, 448, 449–50
on Michael’s opportunistic schemes, 361
on NR’s demands and complaints, 299
on NR’s dislike of CPAC, 302
on NR’s political astuteness, 297
on NR’s relationship with Barbara Bush, 313
on NR’s relationship with Deaver, 394
on NR’s rivalry with Raisa Gorbachev, 458
on NR’s vetoing of Middle East trip, 285
on Reagans’ quarrels over Iran-contra, 474
on Reagans’ quarrels over Regan, 474
and Reykjavik summit, 454
on RR as voracious reader, 292
and RR’s Bitburg visit, 392, 394
on RR’s desire to meet with Soviets, 436
on Will’s friendship with NR, 310
Kushner, Rose, 404
Lake, James, 208–9, 211, 220
Lamb, Brian, 556
Lambert, Gavin, 12
Landon, Michael, 325
Late Christopher Bean, The (play), 64–65
Lawford, Peter, NR dated by, 72
Laxalt, Paul, 218–19, 381, 487–88 and assassination attempt, 272
RR presidential exploratory committee formed by, 204
Leadership ’80 (RR’s 1980 campaign plane), 230
Leadon, Bernie, 181
League of Women Voters, 232
Leamer, Laurence, 70, 132
Lebanon, 294 US hostages in, 466, 472
Lederer, Edith M., 167
Lennon, John, murder of, 242
LeRoy, Mervyn, 75–76
lesbians, see homosexuals, homosexuality
Libby, Bill, 17, 229
Lilly, Frank, as gay member of president’s commission on AIDS, 426
Lincoln, Abraham, 29, 284
Lincoln-Douglas debates, 29
Li Xiannian, 397
Loeb, Elizabeth “Nackey,” 363
Loeb, William, III, 217 NR’s glamorous lifestyle criticized by, 251–52
Logan, Joshua, 48
Lombard, Carole, 66
Look, 19
Los Angeles, 522
Los Angeles, Calif., Watts riots in, 138
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 209
Los Angeles Times, 230, 253, 343, 430
Lost Weekend, The (film), 90
Love Is on the Air (film), 87
Luckett, Charles, 12
Luckett, Edith “Edie,” see Davis, Edith Luckett “Edie”
Lute Song (musical), 63–64
McCain, Carol, 188 car accident of, 222
divorce of, 221–22
on NR’s appeal to conservatives, 231
NR’s friendship with, 222
on NR’s harsh press coverage, 231
Reagans’ friendship with, 168–69
in RR’s 1980 campaign, 221–22
McCain,
Cindy Lou Hensley, 221
McCain, John, 188, 558 divorce and remarriage of, 221–22
Reagans’ friendship with, 168–69
McCall’s, 72
McCarthy, Eugene, in 1968 presidential race, 173–74
McCarthy, Timothy, 273, 279
McClure, Jessica, 404
McCoy, Peter, 250, 254, 264
McFarlane, Robert C. “Bud,” 396, 446 attempted suicide of, 492
in departure as national security adviser, 472
and Geneva summit, 449–50
in hospital meeting with RR on Iran, 399–400, 471–72
in Iran-contra scandal, 445, 466, 492
as national security adviser, 445, 465
in secret meetings with Iranian officials, 400, 472, 473
McIntosh, Robert, 329
McKinley, William, 284
McLellan, Diana, 539
McManus, Doyle, 464
Mademoiselle, 67
Make-Believe (Leamer), 70
Malibu Canyon, RR’s ranch in, 98–99, 145
Manchester Union Leader, 217, 251–52, 363
Mann, James, 458, 470
Mann, Judy, 262–63, 496
March for Life, 301, 302
March of Dimes, 568
marijuana, changing public attitudes toward, 321–22, 330
Marijuana Research Project, 322
marriage, NR on, 166, 202–3
Marshall, Glesca, 46
Martin, Mary, 47, 64
May, Anita, 77
Mayer, Jane, 464, 488
Mayer, Lorena, 71
Mayer, Louis B., 69, 71
Mayo Clinic, 401, 537 RR’s mental acuity exams at, 542
MCA, 108, 110
Meacham, Jon, 311
media:AIDS crisis as underreported by, 412
astrology controversy and, 353
and Michael’s feud with parents, 363–64
negative stories about Regan in, 475, 484
NR as target of, 229–30, 242–43, 250–51, 256–57, 260, 261–62, 323
NR’s favorite journalists in, 309–10
NR’s growing security about talking to, 324–25
NR’s improved relations with, 319, 333–34, 380
Patti’s activism covered by, 370
Reagan children’s problems covered by, 356
Reagan presidency coverage by, 298–99
Regan’s ouster reported by, 488
RR’s age as issue in, 382–83
RR’s Alzheimer’s disease and, 546
seriousness of assassination attempt withheld from, 280–81
Meese, Edwin, III, 222, 227, 252, 413, 502 and assassination attempt, 272, 274, 275
as attorney general, 303, 387–88, 467, 468
as California chief of staff, 81, 159–60
on closeness of RR and NR, 94
as conservative ideologue, 235, 300, 303, 387, 443, 444, 524
dropped from Reagan Foundation board, 524, 525
on failure of RR’s marriage to Wyman, 93
Iran-contra investigation of, 467, 468
law on accepting gifts explained to NR by, 257
named counselor to the president, 235
NR on, 388
on NR’s curating of RR’s image, 209
in power-sharing troika with Deaver and Baker, 235, 300, 387
as RR loyalist, 303, 525
RR’s failure to recognize, 538
Sears’s attempted sidelining of, 218–20
Stockman firing urged by, 264
White House chief of staff appointment expected by, 234
Meese, Ursula, 222
Megalopolitan Blizzard (1983), 1
Method, Harold L., 34
#MeToo movement, 70
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM):NR in publicity stories of, 72–73, 100–101
NR’s contract with, 68–69, 108
star-making machine of, 69
Middle East, NR’s vetoing of RR’s visits to, 285
Milland, Ray, 90
Mississippi, University of, 322
Mitchell, Aaron, execution of, 149–50
Mitchell, Andrea, 295
Mitterrand, François, 293
Modern Screen, 72
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, 206
Mondale, Walter, in 1984 presidential race, 377 Ferraro as running mate of, 381
first debate won by, 381–82, 535
NR’s appraisal of, 376
in pledge to raise taxes, 381
revived momentum of, 382
in second debate, 383
Monitoring the Future project, 330
Monroe, Marilyn, 69, 594
Moomaw, Donn, 279, 346, 523
Moore, Colleen:dollhouse of, 46
Edie’s friendship with, 12–13, 46
as Patti Davis’s godmother, 46
Morris, Edmund, 4, 36, 78, 88, 156, 248, 313, 570 on lesson of 1968 presidential bid, 175–76
on NR as good listener, 74
on NR’s drug dependency, 320, 614
on NR’s increasingly paranoid behavior, 548–50
possible effect of Alzheimer’s on RR’s job performance dismissed by, 533
on RR and Cleaver, 85
on RR’s Bergen-Belsen speech, 395
on RR’s compulsive dating after Wyman breakup, 78–79
on similarities and differences of NR and Wyman, 94
Teddy Roosevelt biography by, 407
Morris, Edmund, as RR’s official biographer:controversial approach of, 409
in first meeting with Reagans, 407–8
NR’s regrets about, 409, 570
NR’s role in selection of, 408–9
Morris, Sylvia Jukes, 407
Moscow, 1988 summit in, 460–62, 501
Motion Picture Production Code, 97
movie industry:Communist scare in, 75, 91, 107, 434
publicity machine of, see Hollywood publicity machine
Movie Life, 72
Movie Stars Parade, 72
Ms., 251
Mulroney, Brian, 577
Murillo, Rosario Maria, 326
Murphy, George, 136, 138
Muskie, Edmund, 467, 487
Myerberg, Michael, 64
My Father at 100: A Memoir (Ron Reagan), 535
My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan, 17, 307, 508–9, 519–20
Nancy (N. Reagan), 229
Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography (Kelley), 522–24 sympathy for NR generated by, 523–24
Nancy Reagan Drug Abuse Foundation, 403
Nashua Telegraph, 215
National Cancer Institute, 425
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 330
National Committee of Physicians for Wendell W. Willkie for President, 41
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 45
National Enquirer, 430
National Federation of Republican Women, 195
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association, 261–62
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 411, 419
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 323, 329, 330
National Institutes of Health (NIH), RR’s budget cuts to, 412
National League of Families of American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, 168
National Republican Conference of Mayors, 189
National Security Council (NSC), 385, 433, 468, 483 in Iran-contra scandal, 467
Natural, The (film), 378
Nazimova, Alla, 61, 590 Edie’s friendship with, 11–12
lesbian relationships of, 12
as NR’s godmother, 46
NBC News, 484
NBC Nightly News, 237
Nelson, Jack, 253
Nessen, Ron, 194
Neustadt, Richard, on NR’s political astuteness, 297
New England Journal of Medicine, 411
New Hampshire primary (1980), 214–20, 221
Newsweek, 158, 255, 309, 352
New Yo
rk, N.Y., 63
New York, 225, 231
New York, SS, 20
New York Daily News, 246, 256
New Yorker, 94
New York Post, 353
New York Times, 74, 91, 95, 183, 188, 191, 194, 196, 208, 294, 325, 334, 357, 380, 404, 419, 426, 442, 455, 469, 473, 487, 493, 496, 518, 522, 523–24, 533 AIDS crisis underreported by, 412
on RR’s presidential prospects, 171
Next Voice You Hear, The (film), 74, 96–97
Nicaragua:cocaine industry in, 326
Sandinista-contra conflict in, 434, 468, 501
Nixon, Pat, 261
Nixon, Richard M., 98, 171, 383, 516, 518, 522 funeral of, 541–42
in 1968 presidential campaign and election, 174
resignation of, 182, 184
on RR’s relationship with Washington establishment, 241
in Watergate scandal, 170, 182, 183, 186
Nobel Peace Prize, 433, 462
Nofziger, Lyn, 148, 158, 171, 189, 190, 191, 376, 378, 504 and assassination attempt, 272, 280–81
on Battaglia’s firing, 157
in 1980 presidential campaign, 206, 208, 221, 227
NR’s conflict with, 156–57, 158–59, 208
NR’s glamorous lifestyle as concern of, 250
Reagan Foundation purge attacked by, 525
as RR’s California communications director, 156
on RR’s loss to Ford, 199
as RR’s PAC head, 204
Sears disliked by, 207
Noonan, Peggy, 82, 521, 574 on NR’s power in RR’s administration, 396
Norquist, Grover, 567
North, Oliver L.:congressional testimony of, 501
in Iran-contra scandal, 468, 473, 478, 501
NR’s assessment of, 468–69
NR’s role in blocking Senate ambitions of, 527–29
Northwestern University, Patti at, 179–80
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