# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-mcmullen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:34:07.195Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-mcmullen"
name: "Jay McMullen"
slug: "jay-mcmullen"
description: "Jay McMullen was an American journalist. McMullen graduated from Northwestern University. He was a Chicago City Hall reporter for the Chicago Daily News for nearly quarter of a century. He also worked as a real estate writer for the Chicago Sun-Times for many years. From 1978 until his death 14 years later, McMullen was married to politician Jane Byrne. Byrne served as the Mayor of Chicago from 1979 to 1983, and McMullen was a close advisor to his wife during those years. He also served as her press secretary during her first year in office. He died of cancer at the age of 71 in Chicago in 1992."
tagline: "American journalist (1920-1992)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/JaneByrne_Jay_McMullen_1981.jpg/330px-JaneByrne_Jay_McMullen_1981.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1920-06-28"
deathDate: "1992-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.89
  momentum:             0.4081632653061225
  historical:           3.077682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جاي مكمولين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جاى مكمولين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_McMullen_(Chicago_journalist)"
    title: "Jay McMullen (Chicago journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6166910"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations