FILM PRODUCER DAVID BROWN DEAD AT 93

David Brown

Film producer David Brown, a four-time Oscar nominee whose film credits included "Jaws" and "Driving Miss Daisy," died at his home in New York City yesterday at the age of 93. The former journalist has also been credited with helping bring Elvis Presley to the big screen for the first time in "Love Me Tender" and with helping launch the career of Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg.Brown was nominated four times for a best picture Oscar, for "Jaws," "The Verdict," "A Few Good Men" and "Chocolat,". Brown, who was born in New York City, was married for more than 50 years to Cosmopolitan magazine editor and author Helen Gurley Brown. A public funeral will be held on Thursday at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in New York City.
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