2014 Event Former Press Secretary James S. Brady dies at age 73; Brady's death has been ruled a homicide due to a gunshot wound made 33 years earlier by John W. Hinckley, Jr.; Hinckley was found to be insane and was not charged with the original crime 2011 Event Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's autopsy reveals that he was killed by a gunshot wound to the head 2004 Death Gary Webb, investigative journalist, wrote articles for 'San Jose Mercury News' about Nicaraguan cocaine smugglers linked to CIA-backed Contras, dies from two gunshot wounds to the head, judged a suicide 1996 Death Jeremy Boorda, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations, dies of suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Washington, D.C. 1992 Death Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39 1991 Death Jason Christmas, dies of gunshot wound during robbery in New York at 49 1980 Death Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44 1901 Death President William McKinley, dies in Buffalo, of gunshot wounds inflicted 1881 Death James A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49
