Obituary

Former President Ronald Reagan dies at 93

 

Appreciation

Reagan had 'love affair with America'

 

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1956-1964

Political Awakening

1956: Campaigns as a Democrat for Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1960: Ends actors strike by recommending that studios create a pension and welfare plan for actors with a one-time contribution from studios of $2.65 million. In return, actors forfeit their residuals from TV showings of movies made before1960, but receive 6 percent of all gross sales to television after that year.

1962: Switches from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

Summer, 1964: Reagan gives his “A Time for Choosing” speech for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, which kicks off Reagan’s own political career.

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