David Brown, R. I. P.

David Brown, Film and Stage Producer, Dies at 93 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "David Brown, an urbane New Yorker whose publishing background was the foundation of a producing career in Hollywood, with films like “The Sting,” “Jaws,” and “The Verdict,” and on Broadway, died Monday at home in Manhattan. He was 93.

The cause was kidney failure after a long illness, said a friend, Alexandra Mayes Birnbaum.

A bon vivant, Mr. Brown was known equally for his mannerliness, his fine wardrobe, his distinctive mustache and his wife — Helen Gurley Brown, the editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. He was said to be an unusually courtly presence in the film business and a fan of writers."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.