Trivia

Political consultant.

Two children: Amanda Deaver of Washington, D.C. and Blair Deaver of Bend, Oregon.

Among President Reagan's advisers, he was closest to Nancy Reagan Reagan.

Worked for IBM and served in the Air Force.

Played piano in bars while studying political science at San Jose State College. Received his bachelor's degree in 1960.

Son of a Shell Oil Co. distributor.

Close advisor to Ronald Reagan.

Met his wife, Carolyn, while they were staffers for the Reagan administration in Sacramento, California.

Stood feet away from John Hinckley Jr. when he fired at (and slightly wounded) Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981.

U.S. Deputy Chief of Staff, 1981-1985.

While he was the youngest of Reagan's 'Trioka' (Jim Baker and Ed Meese were the other two), he was the first one to pass away. As of 2020, he is the only deceased one.

Appeared (along with fellow Reagan executive office official Ed Meese) on Meet the Press (1947) in May, 2007, just a mere three months before his passing from pancreatic cancer.