"Franklyn "Lyn" Nofziger, the rumpled and irreverent conservative who served
Ronald Reagan' as press secretary and political adviser, died of cancer Monday. He was 81." ( Now he and the Gipper are together again)
"Former first lady Nancy Reagan said in a statement Monday: "I was deeply saddened this afternoon when I heard of Lyn Nofziger's death. Lyn was with us from the gubernatorial campaign in 1965 through the early White House days, and Ronnie valued his advice Ã?— and good humor Ã?— as much as anyone's. I spoke with him just days ago and even though he knew the end was near, Lyn was hopeful and still in good spirits."
"He was a great big garrulous guy who was very serious about his politics and very serious about Ronald Reagan," Michael Deaver, who was President Reagan's deputy chief of staff, said Monday. "He was sort of the keeper of the flame."
"Conservative columnist George F. Will once described the nonconformist, cigar-chomping Nofziger as "Sancho Panza" to Reagan's Don Quixote.Bombay gin, outrageous puns and fierce loyalty to Reagan and conservative Republican principles were Nofziger hallmarks. His caustic wit made him a favorite among some reporters who covered Reagan as governor and president and on his various campaigns.
Nofziger stood out in his rumpled sports coats and slacks. His trademark was a tie with a picture of Mickey Mouse, a visual statement of what he thought about Washington."
"Nofziger was the aide who announced to the world that Reagan had been shot in the 1981 assassination attempt by John W. Hinckley Jr. Nofziger's statement, to reporters in the driveway of George Washington University Hospital"
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Thanks Lyn.... we will never forget those days when you "rode" with Reagan. When Reagan led the charge with flags flying you were the one who blew the bugle . Those were great days!
UPDATE: Something I did not know about Lyn, he was a US Army Ranger at Normandy in WWII and lost a finger. Where does this country get such men.
