Brown, Les, 1928-2013

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Name (Latin)
Brown, Les, 1928-2013
Other forms of name
Brown, Lester Louis, 1928-2013
Brown, Les, 1928-
Date of birth
1928-12-20
Date of death
2013-11-04
Field of activity
Television broadcasting
Occupation
Journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 112836536
Wikidata: Q107571598
Library of congress: n 79113813
Sources of Information
  • His Television, 1971.
  • New York times (online), viewed Nov. 21, 2013(in obituary published Nov. 13: Les Brown; b. Lester Louis Brown, Dec. 20, 1928, East Chicago, Ind.; d. Nov. 4, Larchmont, N.Y., aged 84; one of the first journalists to cover television comprehensively from its early days, reporting on it for The New York times, founding and editing a groundbreaking magazine about the industry, and producing an authoritative TV encyclopedia)
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Wikipedia description:

Lester Louis Brown (20 December 1928 - 4 November 2013) was an American "pioneer in television journalism". He was also a publisher and book author, with topics reporting on the business of television. He founded a magazine called Channels of Communications in 1981.

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