May 20, 2023
Jim Brown, Pro Football League Hall of Fame running back, actor, and activist, center, talks with Rep. Mitch Needelman, R-Melbourne, chairman of the House committee on juvenile justice, right, and Walt McNeil, Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice, left, prior to the meeting of the committee, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007, in Tallahassee, Fla. Brown addressed the committee regarding gang intervention and prevention. NFL legend, actor and social activist Jim Brown passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night, May 18, 2023, with his wife, Monique, by his side, according to a spokeswoman for Brown's family. He was 87. (Phil Coale, AP File)