Helen Gurley Brown: Longtime Cosmopolitan Editor Dies at 90

Helen Gurley Brown was an American author and magazine editor. Born on February 18, 1922, in Green Forest, Arkansas, she worked as a secretary and advertising copywriter.

She wrote the best-seller Sex and the Single Girl (1962). As editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan from 1965 to 1997, she turned it into a magazine for young, single working women with international editions.

She was married to film producer David Brown. Gurley Brown died in New York City on August 13, 2012, at age 90.

Achievements: Author of Sex and the Single Girl, editor of Cosmopolitan for 32 years.

Birth: February 18, 1922 - Green Forest, Arkansas.

Profession: Editor and author.

Interesting Facts: Her book sold millions of copies.