Lee Edwards

Lee Edwards (December 1, 1932 – December 12, 2024) was an American conservative political writer and historian. He was born in Chicago. He taught at the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He was a historian of the conservative movement in America and of the Presidency of Ronald Reagan. 

Edwards was the author or editor of 25 books, and wrote about biographies of President Ronald Reagan, Senator Barry Goldwater, Attorney General Edwin Meese III and William F. Buckley, Jr.. He was the Chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

Edwards died on December 12, 2024 in Arlington County, Virginia from pancreatic cancer at the age of 92.

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