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, seehomosexuals, 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,” seeDavis, 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
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