# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/larry-speakes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:24:08.346Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/larry-speakes"
name: "Larry Speakes"
slug: "larry-speakes"
description: "Larry Melvin Speakes was an American journalist and spokesperson who acted as White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. He assumed the role after Press Secretary James Brady was shot on March 30, 1981."
tagline: "Former White House spokesman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portraits_of_Assistants_to_President_Ronald_Reagan_(cropped5).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1939-09-13"
deathDate: "2014-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Speakes"
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    title: "Larry Speakes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Larry Speakes"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Speakes"
    title: "Larry Speakes"
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  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentius_Speakes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump