When I said that I was thinking of Reagan as well. I didn’t remember him showing that much age at all after 8 years. The left did, but not Reagan.
I get annual calenders from Reagan ranch. Wonderful pictures every month, every year.
I ‘remember’ Reagan vaguely; I wasn’t old enough to vote for him the first time around.
What I do remember, since I had a love of history even then, was the talk about the Zero-Year Curse (aka Curse of Tippecanoe) because up to that time, all Presidents elected in a year ending with 0 since 1840 had died in office. And that election year was 1980.
Then March 30, 1981 happened. I was in school and an announcement came over the PA system. Nothing happened to George W. Bush (election 2000) so some say the Curse was broken when Reagan survived. Guess we’ll see...
I also remember an aunt saying Reagan was the Anti-Christ because his name (Ronald Wilson Reagan) each had 6 letters. But, she was also a Democrat!