What is David Brown?
{{Infobox person |name = David Brown |image = David Brown 2000.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date|1916|07|28}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2010|02|1|1916|07|28}} |death_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York City|New York]], U.S. |death_cause = [[Renal failure]] |yearsactive = 1973-2002 |occupation = Producer, author, journalist |spouse = [[Helen Gurley Brown|Helen Gurley]]<br>(m. 1959-2010; his death) |children = Bruce Brown |awards = [[Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award]] (1991) |alma_mater = Stanford University,<br>Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism }} '''David Brown''' (July 28, 1916 &ndash; February 1, 2010)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thestate.com/nation/story/1138207.html |title=www.thestate.com |access-date=2012-08-13 |archive-date=2020-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313232026/https://www.thestate.com/nation/story/1138207.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[movie producer]]. Brown and business partner [[Richard D. Zanuck]] were one of the most successful producers in Hollywood in the 1960s and in the 1970s. Brown was born in New York City, the son of Lillian (née Baren) and Edward Fisher Brown.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/david-brown-acclaimed-movie-producer-of-popular-classics-including-the-sting-jaws-and-driving-miss-daisy-author-and-journalist-dead-at-93-83303022.html|title=David Brown, Acclaimed Movie Producer of Popular Classics Including The Sting, Jaws and Driving Miss Daisy, Author and Journalist, Dead at 93|work=prnewswire|date=1 February 2010|access-date=2010-02-02}}</ref> He was best known as the producing partner of [[Richard D. Zanuck]]. They 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. Among their films were [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Jaws (movie)|Jaws]]'' (1975), and other box office