Lou Cannon, Veteran Journalist and Reagan Biographer, Dies at 92

Overview

• He died Friday, Dec. 19, in a Santa Barbara hospice, according to family accounts reported by major outlets.
• He was widely regarded as a leading authority on Ronald Reagan, interviewing him more than 50 times and authoring five books about him.
• Over 26 years at the Washington Post, he served as White House correspondent during the Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan presidencies.
• His Reagan biographies offered unsentimental assessments, including “Reagan” (1982) and “President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime” (1991), and he later examined the Rodney King beating and 1992 Los Angeles riots in a 1998 book.
• He is survived by his wife, Mary, three children including journalist Carl Cannon, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.