View Post People | Politics James Brady, Shot During Reagan Assassination Attempt, Has Died By Chris Ariens on Aug. 4, 2014 - 2:04 PM James Brady, the press secretary for Pres. Ronald Reagan, who was shot in the 1981 assassination attempt on the president, has died. Brady, 73, (above, second from right) was among four people shot that day. He was partially paral ...