Larry Melvin Speakes (September 13, 1939 – January 10, 2014) was an American journalist and spokesperson who acted as White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. He assumed the role after Press Secretary …

Jan 11, 2014 · Larry Speakes, who strained to mediate between a hungry press corps and a media-distrustful White House during six years as President Reagan’s press secretary, has died. He was 74.

Jan 10, 2014 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Larry Speakes, who spent six years as acting press secretary for President Ronald Reagan, died Friday in his native Mississippi. He was 74. Speakes died at home in...

Jan 10, 2014 · Larry Speakes, who served as the acting White House press secretary under President Ronald Reagan, died Friday morning at his home in Cleveland, Mississippi, following a lengthy illness,...

Jan 11, 2014 · Larry Speakes, who spent six years as acting press secretary for President Ronald Reagan, had suffered from Alzheimer's disease, a coroner said.

Jan 10, 2014 · JACKSON, Miss. — Larry Speakes, who spent six years as acting press secretary for President Ronald Reagan, died Friday in his native Mississippi. He was 74.

Jan 31, 1987 · WASHINGTON — Larry Speakes, quitting his job as chief White House spokesman, called Friday for more openness in government and advised future policy-makers to “let a little light under the tent...

Jan 18, 2025 · That's what White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first lady decided to hold his second inauguration indoors because there was an unusually cold weather for. ... Southern California rain helps firefighters but creates risk of toxic ash runoff;

Jan 10, 2014 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Larry Speakes, who spent six years as acting press secretary for President Ronald Reagan, died Friday in his native Mississippi. He was 74. Speakes died at home in...

Jan 10, 2014 · JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Larry Speakes, who spent six years as acting press secretary for President Ronald Reagan, died Friday in his native Mississippi. He was 74. Speakes died at home in...