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A story my dad told me about Ronald Reagan

It's not a very long story. This isn't a Russian novel or anything.

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Ben Dreyfuss
Jun 30, 2024
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My dad likes to tell a story about Ronald Reagan.

Reagan was a longtime member of a fancy country club in LA, and after leaving the White House and returning to California, he spent a lot of time there. He had Alzheimer’s at this point, and it was getting worse, but he had a group of friends that included various Hollywood people—one of whom must have to…

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