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  Celebrity Deathwatch: Maureen Reagan, daughter of former President Ronald Reagan, 60
Reagan, 60, had been undergoing radiation treatments for a malignant melanoma that had spread to her brain.
"Maureen had his gift of communication, his love of politics, and when she believed in a cause, she was not afraid to fight hard for it," Nancy Reagan said in a statement.
Reagan was a member of the Alzheimer’s Association board of directors and served as the group’s spokeswoman.
www.slick.org /deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00335.html   (804 words)

  
  Chronology of Maureen Reagan
Reagan had at least four episodes of severe lower abdominal pain combined with nausea and chronic cramps and was diagnosed as having a recurrent sigmoid volvulus (obstruction) due to a very redundant sigmoid.
Reagan noticed a distinct change in the level of discomfort in her groin area and went to the bathroom on board the flight to see what was happening.
Reagan began a regimen of whole brain radiation consisting of 10 treatments over a 2 week period along with the administration of steroids, anticonvulsants and diuretics to reduce the intracranial pressure associated with the cerebral edema and to stop further seizures.
www.hkhinc.com /mel/maureen_reagan.htm   (2398 words)

  
 Maureen Reagan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maureen Elizabeth Reagan Revell (January 4, 1941 – August 8, 2001) was the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman.
The Jane Wyman page indicates that another child, Christine Reagan, was born to Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman on June 26, 1947 and died the same day.
Maureen was regarded as the most politically skilled of Ronald Reagan's four children and had a natural knack for politics.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maureen_Reagan   (204 words)

  
 Jane Wyman's Daughter, Maureen Reagan, 60, Dies of Cancer - August 8, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Maureen Reagan, who as the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan and actress Jane Wyman raised national awareness of Alzheimer's disease, the memory-robbing disorder that gradually forced her father's exit from public life, died Wednesday of malignant melanoma.
Reagan's interest in politics dated back to when she was 11 and watched the first gavel-to-gavel television coverage of the national conventions in 1952.
Reagan was a U.S. representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and a trustee of Eureka College in Illinois--her father's alma mater--and was active with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
www.meredy.com /janewyman/maureen.htm   (1656 words)

  
 Maureen Reagan dies after 5-year battle with cancer / Reagan daughter Maureen dies at 60
Maureen Reagan was drawn to politics as a youngster, later joking that she became a Republican before her father, who was a Democrat until he switched parties.
Maureen Reagan became active with the Alzheimer's Association after her father was diagnosed with the disease in 1994.
Maureen Reagan was a talk show host, actress, charitable fund-raiser, candidate for political office, volunteer, co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee and co-chairwoman of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/08/09/MN189707.DTL&type=printable   (1227 words)

  
 Media | Maureen Reagan's Cancer Spreads to Her Brain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Reagan and her doctors opted to start her early on a biotherapy maintenance program during which she would receive self-administered doses of medications at home followed by a hospitalization for high doses of the same medication every 28 days.
Maureen was originally diagnosed with malignant melanoma in December of 1996, when a large, pigmented, ulcerated, mole-like growth appeared on the back of her mid-right thigh.
Reagan also serves as a trustee for her father’s alma mater, Eureka College in Illinois, and is actively involved with and supports the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
www.alz.org /Media/newsreleases/mreagan/mreagan071301.asp   (1538 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Maureen Reagan, 60, dies of cancer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Maureen Reagan was "surrounded by loved ones after a courageous 5-year-long battle with malignant melanoma," Revell said.
Reagan wrote movingly of her father's mental decline in an essay in Newsweek last year: "Earlier in the disease we did jigsaw puzzles, usually animal scenes: a farmyard, horses in a meadow, a jungle scene.
Maureen Reagan was born Jan. 4, 1941, a year after her movie star parents married.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2001/08/08/maureen-reagan.htm   (880 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Maureen Reagan praised for tireless activism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Reagan, 60, died Aug. 8 at her home after a nine-month battle with skin cancer that had progressed from a melanoma diagnosis in 1996 to tumors in her hip and brain.
Reagan became a national spokeswoman for the Alzheimer's Association after her father announced in 1994 that he had the disease.
Reagan's maple casket, decorated with a spray of pink roses and white mums, was borne by Secret Service agents into the 112-year-old Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2001/08/18/maureen.htm   (670 words)

  
 Maureen Reagan: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
She was also the only child born to them (their son Michael Edward Reagan (additional info and facts about Michael Edward Reagan) was adopted).
During her lifetime she was involved with the Republican Party (The younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party) and worked as a political activist, radio talk show host, commentator and health care advocate.
After her father announced his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (additional info and facts about Alzheimer's disease) in 1994, she became a member of the Alzheimer’s Association board of directors and served as the group’s spokeswoman.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Maureen_Reagan.htm   (211 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Reagan, daughter of actress Jane Wyman and former President Ronald Reagan, died August 8 at her California home after a courageous five-year battle with malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Reagan was perhaps most renowned for her commitment to raising awareness for Alzheimer's disease and the importance of caregiver support, following her father's announcement in 1994.
Reagan is survived by her husband of more than two decades, Dennis C. Revell; their 16 year old daughter Rita Revell, who arrived from Uganda, Africa in 1994; her father Former President Ronald Reagan and Mrs.
www.capitol.hawaii.gov /session2002/newsreleases/PR_2001-11_Maureen_Reagan_Passing_SS.html   (216 words)

  
 Media | Maureen Reagan Press Release-Alzheimer's Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Reagan was so devoted to the cause of eliminating Alzheimer’s disease that despite her declining health, she had been planning to attend one of the association’s major fundraisers, the Rita Hayworth Gala in Chicago, last May but had to cancel at the last minute on the advice of her physician.
Reagan served on the Alzheimer’s Association’s national board of directors since 1999 and was a member of the board’s public policy and communications committees.
Reagan, her biography, a backgrounder on her battle against melanoma, this press release and other pertinent media materials are available at the Alzheimer’s Association Web site at: www.alz.org/media/news/mreagan.htm.
www.alz.org /Media/newsreleases/mreagan/mreagan080801association.asp   (707 words)

  
 Maureen Reagan Dies Of Cancer At Age 60
Maureen had his gift of communication, his love of politics, and when she believed in a cause, she was not afraid to fight hard for it.
Maureen Reagan served as the chief stand-in for her father and for Mrs.
Reagan is survived by her husband, Dennis Revell, a daughter, Rita, 15, her mother, Wyman, 83, her father, the former president, 90, and her brother, Michael.
www.rense.com /general12/regan.htm   (1060 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Maureen Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975).
Michael Edward Reagan (born March 18, 1945 as John Flaugher), adopted son of President Ronald Reagan and his first wife Jane Wyman, is the host of a conservative talk radio show, the Michael Reagan Show, which is syndicated to over 200 radio stations in the United States through Radio America.
Wyman was formerly married to actor and future President Ronald Reagan, with whom she collaborated to produce daughter Maureen Reagan, sometime actress, singer and White House adviser.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Maureen-Reagan   (714 words)

  
 MAUREEN REAGAN LOSES VALIANT FIGHT FOR HER LIFE
Reagan's passion for politics but also reaffirmed she was a woman who was a political figure in her own right.
Reagan actively participated in preparatory conferences in Vienna and New York and was an active participant in the UNHCR Conference on Women Refugees in Geneva as well as the Spring Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting of the United Nations in New York City.
Reagan was also actively involved in raising public awareness of key health issues including Alzheimer's disease and malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
www.papillonsartpalace.com /maureenV.htm   (792 words)

  
 CNN.com - Reaction to death of Maureen Reagan - August 9, 2001
"Maureen was very devoted to her father and during every campaign, especially in 1980 when he was running for President, Maureen was a tireless crusader.
Maureen Reagan was a friend and an outstanding lady who mirrored many of the best attributes of her father, President Ronald Reagan.
During her father's illness, Maureen rendered valued support to him and to Nancy Reagan, and has been a champion of the campaign against Alzheimer's disease.
archives.cnn.com /2001/US/08/08/maureen.reagan.reax   (551 words)

  
 CNN.com - Maureen Reagan dies of cancer at 60 - August 9, 2001
Maureen Reagan was the daughter of actress Jane Wyman and former President Ronald Reagan.
Maureen Reagan had battled skin cancer since 1996 and learned last month the tumors had spread to her brain.
Reagan was a member of the Alzheimer’s Association board of directors and served as the group’s spokeswoman.
archives.cnn.com /2001/US/08/08/maureen.reagan.obit   (927 words)

  
 MAUREEN REAGAN, DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT REAGAN, DIES
Reagan had a distinguished, multilayered career as political analyst, best-selling author and talk show host, in various political leadership roles and as spokeswoman for a number of issues, especially her campaign for more research and support for Alzheimer's disease, which her father has.
Maureen was diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, on Dec. 12, 1996, when a large mole-like growth appeared on the back of her mid-right thigh.
Reagan is survived by Revell; their 16-year-old daughter, Rita; her father, former President Reagan and his wife, former first lady Nancy Reagan; her mother, Jane Wyman; her brothers, Michael and Ron Reagan; her sister, Patti Davis; and her aunt, Mrs.
www.papillonsartpalace.com /maureenD.htm   (609 words)

  
 CBS News | Maureen Reagan, Crusader for Alzheimer's Disease Awareness, Dies | January 31, 2002 08:43:02
When her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1994, Maureen Reagan became a passionate advocate for the Alzheimer's Association, campaigning for funding, research, and public awareness.
Maureen said that her father had always been her hero, but never more so than when he wrote his final letter to the American people.
Reagan was particularly proud that her father had set aside money in 1983 for Alzheimer's research, calling attention to what was then a virtually unknown disease.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/01/31/health/main327283.shtml   (643 words)

  
 Media | Maureen Reagan’s Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Reagan also served as president of the International Women’s Leadership Exchange (IWLE), a non profit educational organization whose charter is to further understanding among women in leadership positions around the world.
Reagan actively participated in preparatory conferences in Vienna and New York and was a participant in the UNHCR Conference on Women Refugees in Geneva as well as the spring Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting of the United Nations in New York City.
Reagan was deeply committed to raising awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and the importance of research and caregiver support.
www.alz.org /Media/newsreleases/mreagan/mreaganbio.asp   (645 words)

  
 CNN.com - Maureen Reagan dies of cancer at 60 - August 9, 2001
Maureen Reagan was the daughter of actress Jane Wyman and former President Ronald Reagan.
Maureen Reagan had battled skin cancer since 1996 and learned last month the tumors had spread to her brain.
Reagan's history of activism led her to run unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1982 and House in 1992, both in California.
www.cnn.com /2001/US/08/08/maureen.reagan.obit   (927 words)

  
 CNN.com - Mourners bid farewell to a president's daughter - August 19, 2001
Reagan had been undergoing radiation treatments for a malignant melanoma that had spread to her brain.
Reagan, who became a Republican as a teen, spent a term as chairwoman of the Republican National Committee and often joked that she had been a member of the party well before her Republican-icon father.
After her father announced in 1994 he was leaving public life because he was battling Alzheimer's disease, Maureen Reagan became a member of the Alzheimer Association national board of directors and served as the group's spokeswoman.
cnn.com /2001/US/08/18/maureen.reagan.memorial/index.html   (784 words)

  
 Biography of Ronald Reagan
On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to Nelle and John Reagan in Tampico, Illinois.
Reagan declared war against international terrorism, sending American bombers against Libya after evidence came out that Libya was involved in an attack on American soldiers in a West Berlin nightclub.
Overall, the Reagan years saw a restoration of prosperity, and the goal of peace through strength seemed to be within grasp.
www.whitehouse.gov /history/presidents/rr40.html   (647 words)

  
 Reagan, John Henninger --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
John Reagan was born in Sevier County, Tenn., on Oct. 8, 1818.
Reagan, Ronald W. 40th president of the United States (1981–89), noted for his conservative Republicanism, his fervent anticommunism, and his appealing personal style, characterized by a jaunty affability and folksy charm.
When Ronald Reagan became the 40th president of the United States in 1981, it was generally agreed that his wife, Nancy, was one of his most trusted advisers.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9313157   (820 words)

  
 Maureen Reagan’s cancer spreads: Melanoma now in brain [Free Republic]
LOS ANGELES, July 13 — Maureen Reagan, daughter of former President Ronald Reagan and actress Jane Wyman, is hospitalized and undergoing whole brain radiation for melanoma that has now spread to her brain, her husband said.
REAGAN, 60, is battling for her life at Mercy San Juan Hospital in Carmichael, near the family’s Northern California home, her husband of 20 years, Dennis C. Revell, said early Friday.
Reagan was stricken with mild seizures on the Fourth of July and a MRI performed July 6 confirmed two brain tumors, her husband said in a detailed statement.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b4eebe95106.htm   (787 words)

  
 CNN.com - Maureen Reagan has surgery to repair blood vessel - October 6, 2000
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Maureen Reagan, the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan, has had surgery to repair an injury to a blood vessel in her right leg.
Reagan is a member of the national board of the Alzheimer's Association, which said Reagan's doctors reported she was "doing well and is expected to be released in the next 24 to 48 hours." Former President Reagan has Alzheimer's disease.
Maureen Reagan was in Chicago as part of a two-month tour to promote a fund-raising event for the association and its local chapters.
premium.asia.cnn.com /2000/US/10/06/maureen.reagan.01   (242 words)

  
 Representative Christopher H. Smith - (NJ04) - House Passes Smith Resolution Honoring Maureen Reagan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Maureen Reagan, the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan, became one of the nation’s leading advocates for increased research into Alzheimer’s disease since President Regan was diagnosed with the disease in 1994.
“Instead of simply lamenting that former President Reagan is a victim of Alzheimer’s, Maureen and her entire family used his diagnosis to raise awareness of, and money to fight, this disease which affects 4 million Americans,” said Smith, who is co-chairman of the Bipartisan Congressional Alzheimer’s Task Force.
Maureen understood that we are in a battle against time and that if we fail to act now, 14 million more Americans will be diagnosed with this dreadful disease that relegates them to a shell of their former selves.”
www.house.gov /chrissmith/news/press2001/pr120401maureenreagan.html   (341 words)

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