Laraine Day was , as she described herself , " very much a Republican " . She was a vocal supporter of Richard Nixon , whom she later met at the 1968 Republican National Convention , citing him as the type who would " go out of his way to help the American people " . She also supported Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and longtime Hollywood friend and former co-star Ronald Reagan in the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections , saying of both Nancy Reagan and him adoringly , " Ronald Reagan makes me proud to be an American . His intelligence , capability , and Christian brotherhood are so inspiring and his way of leadership is just superb . I consider myself lucky to have been his leading lady in '' The Bad Man '' and a short-subject reel and as a nation all together we are beyond fortunate to have the leadership of such fine people as the Reagans . " In October 1960 , Laraine Day appeared in the Nixon – Lodge Bumper Sticker Motorcade Campaign in Los Angeles along with Ginger Rogers , Cesar Romero , Irene Dunne , Dick Powell , Mary Pickford , and John Payne . In the 1970s , she was the spokesperson for the Make America Better campaign and traveled across the country sharing her views on environmental issues . In 1971 , she wrote a book called '' The America We Love '' . Day moved back to her native Utah in March 2007 following the death of her third husband . She died at the home of her daughter , Gigi Bell , in Ivins , Utah , from undisclosed causes on November 10 , 2007 . She was 87 years old . Her body was taken back to California , and on November 15 , 2007 , a memorial service was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills
1968 Republican National Convention
1968 Republican National Convention
Laraine Day