John Ray “Johnny Ray” Brummett was born December 4, 1953, in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Brummett began writing for his high school newspaper as a sophomore and by his senior year was writing for the Arkansas Democr a t in t he mornings before school . He a ttended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock . Brummett then moved to Conway to be the sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat f rom 1973 to 1977 while attending the University of Central Arkansas . He returned to Little Rock as a political reporter for the Arkansas Gazette , where he wrote his first regular colum n in 1986 . Brummett left in 1990 to become the editor of the Arkansas Times and Arkansas Business . He also began writing a column for the Arkansas Democrat a nd continued with them through the ir transition to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette . Brummett left in 2000 for Donrey Media Group , where he is a syndicated political reporter.
Brummett is also the author of a book, High Wire , about President Bill Clinton's first year in office.
#1: Composite image of early photo of John Brummett and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: John Brummett's mother, Ozella Bearden Brummett
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#3: John Ray Brummett, December 1953
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#4: John Brummett as a child
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#5: John Brummet with his mother, Ozella Bearden Brummett
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#6: John Brummett with his sister, Judy
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#7: John Brummett with his parents, Ozella and J. T. Brummett, and sister, Judy; Pinewoods, Howard County, Arkansas
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#8: John Brummett in first grade, Baseline Elementary School, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1959
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#9: John Brummett as a child
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#10: John Brummett with his mother, Ozella, and sister, Judy
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#11: John Brummett (center) with his sister, Judy, and cousins David and Steve Bearden
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#12: John Brummett
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#13: John Brummett with his parents, Ozella and J. T. Brummett, and sister, Judy; East Side Church of Christ, ca. 1966
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#14: John Brummett's senior picture, McClellan High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1971
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#15: John Brummett (right)
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#16: John Brummett
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#17: John Brummett
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#18: John Brummett
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#19: John Brummett
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#20: John Brummett (center)
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#21: John Brummett (left)
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#22: John Brummett with his sister, Judy, mother, Ozella, beagle, Roscoe, and lab, Lilly; Arkansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Little Rock, Arkansas
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#23: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with John Brummett; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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#24: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with John Brummett; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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#25: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with John Brummett; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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