Shot Reagan spokesman James Brady dies at 73

WASHINGTON: -- James Brady, the former White House press secretary shot in the head in a 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, has died at 73.

His family said Brady, who was left wheelchair-bound in the shooting, died after an undisclosed illness.

Brady, who served in three Republican administrations, became an advocate for stricter gun control.

He lobbied for a law signed in 1993 that bore his name and required background checks for handgun sales.

In 2000, Democratic President Bill Clinton renamed the White House press briefing room in his honour.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28644495

[bbc]2014-08-05[/bbc]

May he RIP.   He did manage to make a little progress is the contentious issue of gun control.   

RIP