Ron Reagan

Ron Reagan is now known as a political commentator and has had his own national radio and television programs. Before that, he brought the Seattle KIRO AM radio audience to attention with his own midday show with its mix of local, national and international issues. He still appears on many programs, including MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, and has served as a special correspondent for ABC News.

Although best known as a political commentator, his breadth of interests can be seen through earlier work hosting dog shows for Discovery’s Animal Planet, interviewing entertainment icons such as Elizabeth Taylor and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and explorations of popular culture.

Ron has written for national magazines and since his father’s death from Alzheimer’s in 2004, he has been speaking out on the subject of stem cell research and advocates increased research and federal funding.

Ron Reagan continues to be active in causes he believes in and is part of Creative Coalition, a first-rights amendment group. He has lived in Seattle since 1994, much of that time with his wife of 33 years, Doria. Sadly, Doria, who was a clinical psychologist, died of a progressive neuromuscular disease in 2014. The couple had no children.

With the pressures of the White House put aside for a few minutes, President and Mrs. Reagan sit on the dock overlooking Lake Lucky at Rancho del Cielo in Santa Barbara, California. Photo courtesy The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum

Last month, Ron Reagan concluded his eulogy of his mother by saying: “She will once again lay down beside the man who was the love of her life… They will watch the sun drop over the hills… as night falls they will look out across the valley and my father will tell her that the lights below are her jewels.”