Helen Gurley Brown editor of "Cosmopolitan" and replaced by Bonnie Fuller. When she left, "Cosmopolitan" ranked sixth at the newsstand and, for the 16th straight year, ranked first in bookstores on college campuses. However, she stayed on at Hearst publishing and remained the international editor for all 59 international editions of "Cosmo" until her death on August 13, 2012. In September 2008, Brown was named the 13th-most-powerful American over the age of 80 by "Slate" magazine. In 1965, Gurley took over as editor-in-chief of "Cosmopolitan" magazine and was in that position until 1997. Brown revamped the magazine by taking it from a women's
Michael Gurley Music, owned by Jude Cole (producer for the band Lifehouse) and Kiefer Sutherland. Gurley previously wrote for and produced the band Wayland (based in Wayland, MI) along with Grammy-nominated producer, instrumentalist, and mixer Florian Ammon. Gurley is currently a singer and the lead guitar player for Kiefer Sutherland in The Kiefer Sutherland Band. He also performs in Mike Gurley and the Nightcaps, a jazz standards band that has had a residency at the Los Angeles jazz club, Jax, since 2007. His early career included a stint in the power pop band Louis and Clark, which featured Louis Gutierrez of Mary's