MUMBAI: Acclaimed movie producer and executive David Brown died today at his home in Manhattan after a long illness. He was 93.

A public funeral will be held on 4 February at 3.30 pm in New York city.

Brown‘s career spanned for six decades that includes four academy award nominations and box office hits like The Sting and Jaws, Cocoon and Driving Miss Daisy.

Before heading to Hollywood to join the film industry in 1951, Brown enjoyed a career as a journalist, including a stint as managing editor of Cosmopolitan. Brown also authored a number of books with the most recent being in 2006 - Brown‘s Guide to the Good Life Without Tears, Fears or Boredom.

Brown was married for more than 50 years to Cosmopolitan magazine editor and author Helen Gurley Brown. He is survived by his wife.