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Hiram Staunton Brown Sr.

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Hiram Staunton Brown Sr.

Birth
Death
1950 (aged 67–68)
USA
Burial
Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Hiram was a financier and president of the Radio-Keith-Orphreum and Radio Pictures from 1929 to 1933. He became heard of RKO following a stint as president of U.S. Leather Company and was responsible for the selection of David O. Selznick as production chief of RKO Studios. Brown committed suicide by shooting himself at his home in Chestertown, MD.

Contributed by findagrave member TLS on 26MAR2013
Hiram was a financier and president of the Radio-Keith-Orphreum and Radio Pictures from 1929 to 1933. He became heard of RKO following a stint as president of U.S. Leather Company and was responsible for the selection of David O. Selznick as production chief of RKO Studios. Brown committed suicide by shooting himself at his home in Chestertown, MD.

Contributed by findagrave member TLS on 26MAR2013


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