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In 1940, Reagan married actress Jane Wyman, with whom he had a daughter, Maureen -- who died of cancer aged 60 in 2000 -- and an adopted son, Michael, who now hosts a popular conservative talk show. After serving in the military (in a non-combat role) during World War II, Reagan became increasingly involved in the Screen Actors Guild, and divorced Wyman in June 1948.
In 1951, he met Nancy Davis, an aspiring starlet and the daughter of a strongly conservative Chicago physician; they were married the next year. They had a daughter, Patricia Ann, or Patti, 51, an author who retained her mother's maiden name after a prolonged estrangement from her parents, and a son, Ronald Prescott, 46, who too pursued a career in entertainment and broadcasting and dabbles in Liberal politics.
Reagan in a movie still from The Bad Man.
External Links:
Ronald Reagan, Master Storyteller
Before He Was President...
Scenes from a friendship with Reagan
Also see: An officer and a gentleman
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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