Michael Reagan, eldest son of President Reagan, dies at 80
He entered the world as someone else’s child, then became “Reagan” within hours—a surname that carried extraordinary privilege, immense expectation, and a deep, often unspoken loneliness. Michael Reagan, adopted shortly after birth by Ronald Reagan and his first wife Jane Wyman, grew up in the shadow of one of the most commanding public figures of the twentieth century. From the outside, his life appeared charmed. From the inside, it was marked by a persistent struggle to feel truly seen. As…