Book Details The Real Ronald Reagan Ex-Staffer Michael K. Deaver Releases 'A Different Drummer' POSTED: 6:43 p.m. EDT June 11, 2003 WASHINGTON -- Former President Ronald Reagan wrote a poignant farewell letter to the American people in 1994 after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. "I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life," he said. "I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead." So it is left to others to tell us what the nation's 40th president was really like, on and off stage. For an intimate look...