# Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004

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**Created:** [June 5, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ronald-reagan-1911-2004/112300 "2004-06-05T21:39:15Z")\
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Ronald Wilson Reagan, the most successful conservative American  
politician of modern times, died Saturday at his California home at age  
93.

Derided by his adversaries as glib, doctrinaire and uninformed — a mere  
actor, they scoffed — Reagan demonstrated throughout his political  
career the power that comes from being underestimated.

He won power by defeating overconfident Democratic incumbents — Gov.  
Pat Brown in California in 1966 and President Jimmy Carter in the 1980  
presidential election.

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> **[Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004](http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3638299/)**
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> Ronald Wilson Reagan, the most successful conservative American politician of modern times, died at his California home on Saturday at age 93.