James Brady died at the age of 73.<br/> <br />A fierce advocate for gun control, he became famous as a victim of gun violence.<br/> <br />He was President Ronald Reagan's White House Press Secretary, when he was caught by a bullet in the assassination attempt on Reagan in 1981.<br/> <br />It was two months into Reagan's presidency, when John Hinckley Jr. shot at Reagan outside a Washington hotel. He wounded the president, Brady, a Secret Service member and a Washington police officer.<br/> <br />Reagan and his guards made a full recovery.<br/> <br />But Brady - nicknamed "the Bear" - was critically wounded when the bullet hit him in the head.<br/> <br />He would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, partially paralyzed with brain damage and slurred speech.<br/> <br />But James Brady went on to become one of the country's leading crusaders for tougher gun control laws in the U.S.<br/> <br />And in 1993, his efforts paid off with the passage of the so-called Brady Bill.<br/> <br />It required a mandatory five-day waiting per
