<a href='http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/04/politics/james-brady-dies/index.html' target='_blank'>James Brady</a>, the former White House press secretary who was severely wounded in a 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, has died, the White House said on August 4. He was 73. Later in the week, authorities told CNN they are <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/politics/brady-death-homicide/'>investigating it as a homicide.</a>