Frederick Brown passed away on Monday, August 29, 2011 in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer at age 56. He served as both president in 1994-1996 and chairman of the board of BESLA in 1997, and as a mentor and guiding light for many in the BESLA family. His love for our organization continued through his constant support as an Advisory Board member. Fred was an integral part of the Warner Bros. Records business affairs department for over 10 years, departing in 1999 to become the Sr. Vice-President of Business and Legal Affairs for Music at MGM. He was most recently in private practice.
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Fred was born in San Francisco and served his country in the U.S. Army after high school graduation. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He received his law degree from Yale University and started his legal career at the law firm of Irell and Manella.
In addition to BESLA, he was active in many music industry charitable and legal organizations.
He is survived by his wife Liz McNicoll and son Nico Brown.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 10th, 12:30 p.m. at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Church Of The Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, LA, CA 90068 . In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in honor of Fred to Tipitina's Foundation, which provides New Orleans public schools with musical instruments and preserves the musical cultures of Louisiana, www.tipitinasfoundation.org,
504-309-7934.
Thanks Fred, for your shining light! |
