March 11. Ron Nessen, 90. A veteran broadcast journalist who was press secretary for President Gerald Ford and sought to restore the integrity that the position had lost during the Nixon ...

White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen, left, appears on the “Saturday Night Live” set with producer Lorne Michaels, right, and cast members Chevy Chase, foreground center, Laraine Newman, background ...

During the show’s first season, Chevy Chase often imitated the president as a klutz, using pratfalls as a way to incorporate his physical humor. Ford died on Dec. 26, 2006. He was 93 years old.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Episode 22 — Air Date 05/29/1976 — Pictured: (l-r) Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner as Emily Litella during “Weekend Update” on May 29, 1976. NBCUniversal via Getty Images 23 ...

As Chevy Chase portrayed him on Saturday Night Live, dooming him in popular memory, he was always stumbling. The shtick drew on President Lyndon B. Johnson’s famous aperçu, “Jerry Ford is so dumb that ...

Blame Gerald Ford for Trump’s Unaccountability. In a new book, ... As Chevy Chase portrayed him on Saturday Night Live, dooming him in popular memory, he was always stumbling.

Chase is pictured with President Gerald Ford and White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen on March 25, 1976, at the Radio/TV Correspondents' Dinner in Washington D.C. Read More ...

When future President Gerald Ford graduated from the University of Michigan, he faced a choice that might have been decided very differently today: to join the NFL or try for law school.

Chevy Chase spoke with the Journal Star ahead of his appearance in Peoria to celebrate the 35th anniversary of ... So were his depictions of fall-prone President Gerald Ford, whom he teased with ...

Chevy Chase, the beloved comedian who was a monster off camera: ... On NBC, Chase rose to fame parodying Gerald Ford’s clumsy mannerisms, and holds the honor of having starred in one of the sketches ...

Kris Kristofferson as Frank Wade (left) and Chevy Chase as President Gerald Ford during the “Mississippi Delegate” sketch in Episode 24, July 31, 1976. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Images.