What is John Y. Brown Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = John Y. Brown Jr. |image = John Y. Brown Jr. (KY).png |caption = Brown during his term as governor, 1978-82 |order = 55th [[Governor of Kentucky]] |lieutenant = Martha Layne Collins |term_start = December 11, 1979 |term_end = December 13, 1983 |predecessor = [[Julian Carroll]] |successor = [[Martha Layne Collins]] |birth_name = John Young Brown Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date|1933|12|28}} |birth_place = [[Lexington, Kentucky]], U.S. |death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2022|11|22|1933|12|28}}}} |death_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Eleanor Durall|1960|1977|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Phyllis George]]|1979|1998|end=div}}|{{marriage|Jill Roach|1998|2003|end=div}}}} |children = 5, including [[John Young Brown III|John]] and [[Pamela Brown (journalist)|Pamela]] |father = [[John Y. Brown Sr.]] |education = [[University of Kentucky]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) |allegiance = <!-- United States; obvious --> |branch = {{army|United States}} |serviceyears = 1959–1965 |unit = [[United States Army Reserve|U.S. Army Reserve]] }} '''John Young Brown Jr.''' (December 28, 1933 – November 22, 2022) is an American politician, entrepreneur, and businessman from the U.S. state of [[Kentucky]]. He served as the [[List of Governors of Kentucky|55th]] [[governor of Kentucky]] from 1979 to 1983,<ref>{{cite web |title=Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr. |url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_kentucky/col2-content/main-content-list/john-y-brown-jr.html |publisher=National Governors Association |access-date=2012-04-03 |archive-date=2012-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331002114/http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_kentucky/col2-content/main-content-list/john-y-brown-jr.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> although he may be best known for buil