Evening everyone,
I went down a Courtney Brown rabbit hole a few weeks back. I figured that I would share what I found out given the fondness for Sea Hunt in this community. Enjoy.
For those not familiar with Courtney Brown, here is a link...
http://www.internationallegendsofdiving ... wn_bio.htm
Mr. Brown died in 2007; I became curious where he was buried so I started doing some research. Step one was to find his obituary, all I could find was:
“Brown , Courtney Lee, 75, of Pompano Beach, FL passed away on March 23, 2007. Barbara Falowski Funeral Home.”
Ok, not much information about a final resting place so I emailed the funeral home, their reply:
“Unfortunately, we only keep full records for 5 years. I did find in our log book, that Mr. Brown was cremated and no burial place was indicated. I would think that his cremated remains were returned to his family. I'm sorry I couldn't provide more information to you.”
Ok, a professional diver who lives in Florida and was cremated. My guess is he was scattered in the ocean. Ok, so no grave to be found. I figure if I can’t find a grave, could I find his old house? Would it still be there? So I sent an email to the Broward county library special collections and asked if they could locate an address for him in a phone book from the mid 1980’s. Their response:
“The 1986 Fort Lauderdale and Vicinity directory lists “Courtney, L. and Betty, stunt man, h1745 SE 9 St.”
I did a google search and came up with this:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1745 ... 5332_zpid/
The house is described as “Old Florida” and was built in 1956.
Bingo.
So, here you go, a small nugget of Florida’s TV history.