Sex and the Single Girl and Brown also attempted to have the book censored or banned in the United States as a marketing gimmick, but they were unsuccessful. The book also was endorsed on the jacket by Joan Crawford and Gypsy Rose Lee, and the 2003 edition is endorsed on the back cover by "Sex and the City"'s Kim Cattrall. Following the success of "Sex and the Single Girl", Brown became the editor of "Cosmopolitan" magazine in 1965, and went on to publish several other books which include "Sex and the Office" (1965), "Helen Gurley Brown's Single Girl's Cookbook" (1969), and "Sex and the New
Helen Gurley Brown dreams she addressed so brilliantly in print." Brown's husband David preceded her in death, passing away on February 1, 2010 at the age of 93. In late November 2012, Brown and her husband were buried in adjacent graves at Sisco Cemetery, her maternal family cemetery, in Carroll County, Arkansas. Seven months prior to her death, continuing the work started with her husband in forming the Helen Gurley Brown Trust, Brown established the Brown Institute for Media Innovation. This institution is housed at both the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford's Engineering School. Their $38 million donation to the