Reagan press secretary and activist James Brady dies at 73

Name: Reagan press secretary and activist James Brady dies at 73
Uploaded: 2014-08-05T00:46:13Z
Duration: P538S
Description: James Brady, the White House press secretary who became a gun control activist after being wounded in a Reagan assassination attempt, has died at the age of 73. Judy Woodruff remembers him with another former White House press secretary, Joe Lockhart, as well as writer and Brady biographer Mollie Dickenson.

Clip: 08/04/2014 | 8m 58s

James Brady, the White House press secretary who became a gun control activist after being wounded in a Reagan assassination attempt, has died at the age of 73. Judy Woodruff remembers him with another former White House press secretary, Joe Lockhart, as well as writer and Brady biographer Mollie Dickenson.

Aired: 08/04/14

Rating: NR

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Reagan press secretary and activist James Brady dies at 73

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