David Gergen

David Richmond Gergen (May 9, 1942 – July 10, 2025) was an American political commentator. He was a presidential adviser during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He is a senior political analyst for CNN.Michael Kelly.  http://cnn.com Gergen was a professor of public service and he was the first director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.

In December 2024, it was revealed that Gergen had Lewy body dementia. He died at a retirement home in Lexington, Massachusetts, on July 10, 2025, at the age of 83.

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