Michael Reagan, elder son of former President Ronald Reagan, dies at 80
He was a patriotic American - chip off the old block.
I have a personal Michael Reagan cool story bro.
I was flying LAX to St Louis on a Monday morning around 2009. It was a slow travel day, so I got a complimentary 1st class upgrade. Sat down in my seat next to a really nice dude who chatted up everyone and helped put bags in the overhead bins. (Didnt recognize him - it was Reagan).
Chatted with him for most of the next two hours. He had gone to Notre Dame HS in Sherman Oaks - in the same general area of LA where I went to public school couple of decades after he was at NDHS. We had a few things in common. He was very very nice.
When we landed, he asked where I was headed (I was going to my company's HQ and mfg plant in Stl for the week). I asked him what he was there for, and he said he was grabbing a car and heading over to Springfield, Ill to the state capital to speak to Republican state reps. At that point I asked him who he was...He said his full name and mentioned his weekly appearances on Megyn Kelly's show on FNC (he was on every Wednesday back then)...I told him I would've ID'd him earlier if he looked like Megyn. We laughed. We went our ways.
He was such a nice chap. Humble. Polite. He never tried to big-league me or anyone on the flight. That's it.
RIP
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Reagan was a conservative author, nationally syndicated radio talk show host and frequent public speaker who spent decades actively defending and promoting his father's legacy through close involvement with the Reagan Library and Foundation.
He was a patriotic American - chip off the old block.
I have a personal Michael Reagan cool story bro.
I was flying LAX to St Louis on a Monday morning around 2009. It was a slow travel day, so I got a complimentary 1st class upgrade. Sat down in my seat next to a really nice dude who chatted up everyone and helped put bags in the overhead bins. (Didnt recognize him - it was Reagan).
Chatted with him for most of the next two hours. He had gone to Notre Dame HS in Sherman Oaks - in the same general area of LA where I went to public school couple of decades after he was at NDHS. We had a few things in common. He was very very nice.
When we landed, he asked where I was headed (I was going to my company's HQ and mfg plant in Stl for the week). I asked him what he was there for, and he said he was grabbing a car and heading over to Springfield, Ill to the state capital to speak to Republican state reps. At that point I asked him who he was...He said his full name and mentioned his weekly appearances on Megyn Kelly's show on FNC (he was on every Wednesday back then)...I told him I would've ID'd him earlier if he looked like Megyn. We laughed. We went our ways.
He was such a nice chap. Humble. Polite. He never tried to big-league me or anyone on the flight. That's it.
RIP
