- He had a law degree from Brooklyn Law School, which he utilized in acquiring the radio rights to fictional characters such as Dick Tracy, Bulldog Drummond, Flash Gordon, and the Thin Man.
- Himan Brown was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Survived by his caretaker, Zulfiya Ziyahodjaev.
- He was a longtime member of the community in North Stamford, Connecticut.
- He attended Boy's High School with Bugsy Siegel and the Amboy Dukes in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School where he graduated as valedictorian with a law degree in 1931.
- He was a Founding Member of the Director's Guild of America; a member of AFTRA; a philanthropist; and the founder of the Radio Drama Network.
- He was a member of the Radio Hall of Fame, a recipient of the American Broadcast Pioneer Award, and the Peabody Award.
- He taught audio drama at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2003 by Brooklyn College.
- He lived in the same apartment on Central Park West in New York City from 1938 until his death in 2010.
- In the 1950s, he bought the Players Studio at 221 West 26th Street, now Chelsea Studios, to produce his shows.
- From 1974 to 1982, he produced and directed the Peabody Award-winning CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
- Brown was the creator, producer and director of "Inner Sanctum Mysteries" at ABC Radio (and for a short time at CBS) (1941-1952).
- Director of NBC Radio's "Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator" (1951-1954).
- Father of Barry Kenneth Brown of California and Hilda Joan Brown of Arizona. Grandfather of Melina Celeste Brown and Barrie Kristen Brown. Great-grandfather of William Samuel Brown, Zoe Judith Mildred Sansted, Zachary Dakota Aloysisus Sansted, and Zia Eva Dora Sansted of Connecticut. Husband of Mildred Brown and Shirley Goodman.
- Son of Samuel Brown and Dora Arkis Brown, immigrants from Odessa, Ukraine. Brother of Mende Brown and Nathan Brown.
- The signature squeaky door sound and organ music used on CBS Radio Mystery Theater had actually first been used on Inner Sanctum, another radio show produced by Himan Brown.
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