What is Larry Speakes?
[[File:Larry Speakes portrait.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Speakes in July 1976.]] Larry Melvin Speakes (September 13, 1939 — January 10, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] journalist and politician. He was the acting [[White House Press Secretary|press spokesman for the White House]] under President [[Ronald Reagan]]. He held the position from 1981 to 1987.<ref name=nyt>Michael D. Shear (January 10, 2014) [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/us/larry-speakes-public-face-of-reagan-era-dies-at-74.html Larry Speakes, Public Face of Reagan Era, Dies at 74] ''[[New York Times]]''. Retrieved January 11, 2014</ref> Speakes died in [[Cleveland, Mississippi|Cleveland]], [[Mississippi]] on January 10, 2014 after suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]], aged 74.<ref name=nyt/><ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/reagan-spokesman-larry-speakes-dies-74-21494868 Former Reagan Spokesman Larry Speakes Dies at 74 - ABC News]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/013087a.htm Announcement on Speakes receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604013326/http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/013087a.htm |date=2011-06-04 }} *[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43969 The Presidency Project - ''Appointment of Larry M. Speakes as Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary to the President, June 17, 1981''] {{DEFAULTSORT:Speakes, Larry}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American journalists]] [[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Mississippi]] [[Category:Politicians from Mississippi]] [[Category:White House Press Secretaries]] [[Category:Writers from Mississippi]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{WHPS}}