
Services for J. Michael Brown Announced
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Services for J. Michael Brown have been announced.
The former high-ranking official in the Beshear administration passed away Friday.
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Services for J. Michael Brown Announced
Clip: Season 2 Episode 165 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
The former high-ranking official in the Beshear administration passed away Friday.
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Kentucky public servant is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. in the state Capitol rotunda.
JAY Michael Brown, a former high ranking official, and the Bashir administration.
Both Bashir administrations passed away Friday.
He was 74 years old.
Governor Andy Beshear called Brown a long time friend, saying Brown, quote, made a positive difference in the lives of so many people.
Brown was a captain and helicopter pilot in the U.S. Army and the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions.
Originally from New York, Brown graduated from law school at the University of Louisville before becoming the first African-American president of the Louisville Bar Association.
He was a district judge in Jefferson County, then served as secretary of Kentucky's Justice and Public Safety Cabinet under Governor Steve Beshear.
Brown, then served as Kentucky's deputy attorney general before becoming executive cabinet secretary under Governor Andy Beshear.
He left state government in 2022 to take a position at Simmons College, a private, historically black college and university in Louisville.
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