David Brown, producer of hits like
A Few Good Men and
Deep Impact, died at his home in New York City Sunday following a prolonged illness. He was 93. He is survived by his wife, long time editor of America's
Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown.
The movie
mogul's long career began in the 1950s - he was credited with discovering the script for the 1956 movie
Love Me Tender, which brought music legend Elvis Presley to the big screen for the first time, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
Brown went on to form a successful producing partnership with his long time colleague Richard D. Zanuck. Their company launched in the 1970s with two of Steven Spielberg's early films -
The Sugarland Express (1974) and
Jaws (1975).
Brown formed his own production company - The Manhattan Project Ltd - in 1988 and went on to secure success with movie hits including
A Few Good Men,
Deep Impact,
Angela's Ashes and
Road to Perdition.
He also produced numerous Broadway musicals including
Sweet Smell of Success:
The Musical and
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.