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David W Jr Brown of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL was born on October 12, 1928, and died at age 77 years old on March 20, 2006.

David L Brown of New York, New York County, NY was born on December 16, 1916, and died at age 90 years old on February 10, 2007.

David M Brown of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM was born on October 14, 1913, and died at age 58 years old on January 7, 1972. David Brown was buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery
Section X Site 498 501 North Guadalupe Street, in Santa Fe.

David G Brown of Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, FL was born on June 30, 1922, and died at age 80 years old on December 11, 2002.

David L Brown of Columbus, Franklin County, OH was born on June 19, 1919, and died at age 53 years old in July 1972.

David S Brown of Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, FL was born on May 16, 1916, and died at age 83 years old on February 17, 2000.

David M Brown of East Northport, Suffolk County, NY was born on February 8, 1913, and died at age 74 years old in July 1987.

David W Brown of Edison, Middlesex County, NJ was born on May 22, 1915, and died at age 82 years old on January 14, 1998.

David Brown of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on February 27, 1903 in Russia or Union Of Socialist Soviet Republics, and died at age 100 years old on June 24, 2003.

David J Brown Sr of Schenectady, Schenectady County, NY was born on May 21, 1919, and died at age 88 years old on May 8, 2008. David Brown was buried at Gerald B.h. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
Section CW22 Row D Site 16 200 Duell Road, in Schuylerville.

David Brown of New York, New York County, NY was born on September 21, 1917, and died at age 75 years old on July 14, 1993. David Brown was buried at Calverton National Cemetery
Section 71 Site 596 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.

David L Brown of Columbia, Richland County, SC was born on November 11, 1923, and died at age 80 years old on June 4, 2004.

David H Brown of Cortland, Cortland County, NY was born on October 9, 1924, and died at age 76 years old on October 21, 2000.

David R Brown of Zephyrhills, Pasco County, FL was born on April 28, 1921, and died at age 85 years old on March 13, 2007. David Brown was buried at Florida National Cemetery
Section 502B Site 50 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell.

David Brown of Echuca Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember David Brown.

David Brown Wine was born in 1852, and died at age 80 years old on January 24, 1933 in Manhattan County, New York United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember David Brown Wine.

David W Brown II was born on February 21, 1981, and died at age 29 years old on April 7, 2010. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember David W Brown II.


David D Brown of 41 Victoria Dr, in N Ft Myers, Lee County, Florida United States was born on March 15, 1926 in Baltimore, MD, and died at age 71 years old on January 9, 1998. David Brown was buried on January 12, 1998 at cremation in N Ft Myers Fl.


David Brown (producer) Born July 28, 1916 New York City, United States
Died February 1, 2010 (aged 93) Manhattan, New York, United States
Alma mater Stanford University
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Occupation Film producer, author, journalist
Years active 1973–2002
Spouse(s) Helen Gurley Brown ​(m. 1959)​
Children Bruce Brown
Awards Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1991)
David Brown (July 28, 1916 – February 1, 2010)[1] was an American film and theatre producer and writer who was best known for producing the 1975 film Jaws based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley.
He was born in New York City, the son of Lillian (née Baren) and Edward Fisher Brown.
Brown was a graduate of Stanford University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
He began his professional career as a journalist, contributing to magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, Harper's and Collier's, before becoming an editor himself. He was a managing editor of Cosmopolitan before his wife, Helen Gurley Brown, joined the magazine.
Film
In 1951, the producer Darryl F. Zanuck hired Brown to head the story department at Zanuck's studio, 20th Century-Fox.
Brown eventually rose to become executive vice president of creative operations. He and Richard D. Zanuck, Darryl's son, left Fox in 1971 for Warner Bros., but the following year they set out to form their own production company.
The caper film The Sting (1973) starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford was a Zanuck/Brown "presentation". In 1974, the company produced, along with Universal Pictures, The Sugarland Express, Steven Spielberg's directorial debut, for a motion picture.
Thereafter, the pair were credited as producers or executive producers of more than a dozen films, including the courtroom drama The Verdict (1982), directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Paul Newman; the science-fiction Cocoon (1985), directed by Ron Howard; and the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (1989), directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman.
Driving Miss Daisy won four Academy Awards, including the Best Picture award.
Without Zanuck, Brown went on to produce films including the drama Angela's Ashes (1999) and the romance Chocolat (2000).
He and partner Zanuck were jointly awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1990 for their achievements in producing films including the thriller Jaws (1975), directed by Steven Spielberg.
Theater
Brown produced various Broadway musicals, including Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical (2002), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005), and the off-Broadway Jerry Herman musical revue Showtune (2003).
He bought the film and stage rights to the drama play A Few Good Men, written by playwright Aaron Sorkin. The play opened November 1989 and ran for 500 performances. The film of the same name (1992) stars Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson.
Personal life
Helen Gurley and David Brown
From 1959, for fifty-one years, until his death, Brown was the husband of Helen Gurley Brown, editor of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years, and author of Sex and the Single Girl.
Brown had one son, Bruce, from a prior marriage, who predeceased him, and a half brother, Edward Fisher Brown Jr.
He was known equally for his mannerliness, fine wardrobe, distinctive mustache and for championing writers. He had strong connections with publishers and agents.
Brown wrote Brown's Guide to the Good Life: Tears, Fears and Boredom (2005), which gives advice on life. He also wrote Let Me Entertain You (1990), an anecdotal autobiography.
Death
He died, age 93, at his home in Manhattan from kidney failure on February 1, 2010.[3] His widow, Helen, died on August 13, 2012, age 90. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were laid to rest in late November 2012 in adjacent graves at Sisco Cemetery in Arkansas. Helen's maternal family cemetery is located just south of the village of Osage in Carroll County, Arkansas.
Filmography
He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
Year Film Credit Notes
1973 Sssssss Executive producer
The Sting Executive producer
Uncredited
1974 Willie Dynamite
The Sugarland Express
The Black Windmill Executive producer
The Girl from Petrovka
1975 The Eiger Sanction Executive producer
Jaws
1977 MacArthur Executive producer
1978 Jaws 2
1980 The Island
1981 Neighbors
1982 The Verdict
1985 Cocoon
Target
1988 Cocoon: The Return
1989 Driving Miss Daisy Executive producer
1992 The Player
Rich in Love Co-producer
A Few Good Men
1993 The Cemetery Club
Watch It Executive producer
1995 Canadian Bacon
1997 The Saint
Kiss the Girls
1998 Deep Impact
1999 Angela's Ashes
2000 Chocolat
2001 Along Came a Spider Final film as a producer
Television
Year Title Credit Notes
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Executive producer
1990 Women & Men: Stories of Seduction Television film
1991 Women & Men 2 Television film
1996 A Season in Purgatory Executive producer
2002 Framed Executive producer Television film

David Brown of Carngham Australia was born in 1877, and died at age 71 years old on January 29, 1949.

David Lee Brown Sr of Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina was born on February 28, 1934, and died at age 71 years old on October 14, 2005. David Brown was buried at Houston National Cemetery
Section N3 Site 73 Veterans Memorial Drive, in Houston, Tx.

David Charles Brown of Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa County, FL was born on October 14, 1951, and died at age 58 years old on April 16, 2010. David Brown was buried at Riverside National Cemetery
Section 58A Site 3524 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside, Ca.

David Lee Brown of Reno, Washoe County, NV was born on October 28, 1949, and died at age 57 years old on December 20, 2006. David Brown was buried at Riverside National Cemetery
Section 58B Site 85 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside, Ca.

David Lawrence Brown of Harlem, Columbia County, GA was born on July 1, 1931, and died at age 74 years old on October 18, 2005. David Brown was buried at Riverside National Cemetery
Section 49B Site 3984 Van Buren Boulevard, in Riverside, Ca.

David Michael Brown of Temple, Bell County, TX was born on June 19, 1938, and died at age 71 years old on November 11, 2009. David Brown was buried at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery
Section 18 Row G Site 141 11463 State Highway 195, in Killeen.

David Arthur Brown of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on May 10, 1921, and died at age 88 years old on August 21, 2009. David Brown was buried at Willamette National Cemetery
Section 7 Site 194 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland.


David Lee Brown of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah United States was born on January 9, 1953 in Murray, and died at age 22 years old on May 10, 1975 in Salt Lake City. David Brown was buried on May 19, 1975 at Salt Lake City Cemetery 200 N St - Plot: Y_1_130_2W, in Salt Lake City.

David C Brown of Clarksville, Montgomery County, TN was born on October 13, 1927, and died at age 73 years old on July 17, 2001. David Brown was buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery
Section PP Row 13 Site 38 7931 Mccrory Lane, in Nashville.

David O M Brown was born on February 29, 1936, and died at age 53 years old on March 3, 1989. David Brown was buried at Calverton National Cemetery
Section 8 Site 12703 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember David O M Brown.
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