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James Brady

Born: 1940-08-29 • Centralia, Illinois, USA

James Scott Brady (August 29, 1940 – August 4, 2014) was an American journalist, politician, activist and American public official who served as assistant to the U.S. president and the 17th White House Press Secretary, serving under President Ronald Reagan.

On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded Brady during Hinckley’s attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, which occurred two months and 10 days after Reagan's inauguration.

Brady's death in 2014 was eventually ruled a homicide, caused by the gunshot wound he received 33 years earlier in 1981.

Filmography
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight poster
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight
2023 • Self (archive footage)
National Geographic: Inside the U.S. Secret Service poster
National Geographic: Inside the U.S. Secret Service
2004 • Self - Reagan Press Secretary (archive footage)
Without Warning: The James Brady Story poster
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991 • James Brady (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Killing of America poster
The Killing of America
1981 • Self (archive footage)
Faces of Death II poster
Faces of Death II
1981 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)