Personal Life
Brown is married to Karen, his third wife, and they have two children, Jamie(born 1985) and Sophie(born 2001). He enjoys cooking and his second wife ran their restaurant called "Browns's Brasserie". His parents were Ronnie and Peggy, who passed on a love of football and Sunderland Football Club. He was previously married to Jane Blackledge briefly.
In September 2009, Brown claimed to have saved a suicidal woman from jumping off the Humber Bridge, however The Humber Bridge Board, who operate the bridge, were unaware of the incident.
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