"Journalist and author Lou Cannon, who was widely considered the nation's leading authority on the life and career of President Reagan, died Friday in a Santa Barbara hospice. He was 92. His death was caused by complications from a stroke, his son Carl M. Cannon told the Washington Post, where his father served for years as a White House correspondent."
"Cannon interviewed Reagan more than 50 times and wrote five books about him, but still struggled to understand what made Reagan who he was. "The more I wrote," Cannon told the Reno Gazette-Journal in 2001, "the more I felt I didn't know." Cannon was born in New York City and raised in Reno, Nev., where he attended the University of Nevada in Reno and later San Francisco State College."
Lou Cannon, 92, died in a Santa Barbara hospice from complications of a stroke. He served for years as a White House correspondent for the Washington Post. Cannon covered Ronald Reagan's two-term presidency in the 1980s and began covering Reagan during his transition from acting to politics in the 1960s. He interviewed Reagan more than 50 times and wrote five books about him while still struggling to fully understand Reagan's character. Cannon started his reporting career after service in the U.S. Army, covering Reagan's early governorship for the San Jose Mercury News before joining the Washington Post in 1972. He was born in New York City and raised in Reno.
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