David Brown (producer) fifty-one years, until his death, Brown was the husband of Helen Gurley Brown, editor of "Cosmopolitan" magazine for 32 years, and author of "Sex and the Single Girl". Brown had one son, Bruce, from a prior marriage, who predeceased him, and a half brother, Edward Fisher Brown Jr. He was known equally for his mannerliness, fine wardrobe, distinctive mustache and for championing writers. He had strong connections with publishers and agents. Brown wrote "Brown's Guide to the Good Life: Tears, Fears and Boredom" (2005), which gives advice on life. He also wrote "Let Me Entertain You" (1990), an anecdotal autobiography.
John Gurley Flook Flook was a member of the First Christian Church of Roseburg, serving on that institution's board of trustees and as superintendent of its Sunday school. Flook was also instrumental in the construction of a new high school for Roseburg, serving as head of a committee which obtained a building site and plans and which solicited bids for construction. John G. Flook died January 24, 1926 at his home in Corvallis. He was buried in a cemetery located in his former home town of Roseburg. He was 86 years old at the time of his death. John Gurley Flook John Gurley