From AP:
"Longtime Reagan Adviser Michael Deaver Dies From Cancer
Sunday, August 19, 2007
"WASHINGTON — Michael K. Deaver, one Ronald Reagan's closest advisers during in the White House and the director of the president's picturesque and symbolic public appearances, died Saturday. He was 69.
"Deaver, who had pancreatic cancer, died at his home in Bethesda, Md."
I read Deaver's book A Different Drummer: Thirty Years with Ronald Reagan. If you are interested in Reagan even a tiny bit you will enjoy it. I recommend it. (Of course, I am a Reagan fan. I even have a sister who is a Reagan!)