Family Background
Brown was born in Los Angeles, California, to Walter Andrew Brown (August 11, 1897 - November 10, 1978), an auto mechanic and truck driver (and, later, a lawyer), and his wife Emily Anna (née Weber; October 30, 1897 - February 25, 1978), an elementary school teacher. His ancestry includes German and Swiss. Brown has one brother and two sisters.
Brown married Barbara May Porter Stahmann (September 16, 1922 - January 12, 1999) on August 7, 1950. They had three sons, Jeff, Kendall, and David. Barbara died of an incurable brain tumor (glioblastoma multiforme) in 1999. Brown married Beverly Lois Isbell on August 16, 2007, and the two care for a foster child and work in animal rescue.
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