Phyllis George, one of the first woman sports commentators arrives at the Museum of Television and Radio «She Made It» launch party, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, …
Phyllis George, one of the first woman sports commentators arrives at the Museum of Television and Radio «She Made It» launch party, Thursday, Dec.1,2005, in New York. «She Made It» is a three year initiative celebrating the achievements of creative and business women in the television and radio industry. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)Phyllis George sits in the dining room of her townhouse in Lexington in 2008. Phyllis George stands in the living room of her townhouse in Lexington, Kentucky in 2008. Phyllis George stands in the living room of her townhouse in Lexington, Kentucky in 2008. Republican gubernatorial candidate Louie B. Nunn, left, talked to his Democratic opponent, John Y. Brown Jr., at Fancy Farm. Seated to the left of Brown were his wife, Phyllis George Brown; the democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, Martha Layne Collins; and her Republican opponent, Harold Rogers. Photo published Aug 5,1979. Former Kentucky governor John Y. Brown and his ex-wife Phyllis George enjoyed a lighter moment during the Rally for Alzheimer’s at the Capitol rotunda in Frankfort. George spoke of her experiences when her mother suffered from the disease. (James Crisp, special to the Courier-Journal) 01/30/2008Andy Warhol presented his portrait of jockey Willie Shoemaker to Churchill Downs. Warhol has completed 10 portraits of sports figures. Phyllis George Brown assisted in the presentation.
Nov.3 1981Former Kentucky Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. and Phyllis George Brown, shown in a 1987 file photo, announced Friday, Aug.4,1995, that they have separated after 16 years of marriage. Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali buttons his jacket as he arrives with Phyllis George for a memorial service honoring the late sportscaster Howard Cosell held at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew in New York Thursday, May 25,1995. Phyllis George Brown poses with Patrick Duffy for Brown’s Sept.11,1996 «Spotlight With Phyllis George» show on TNN. Brown and her husband John Y. Brown, Jr., announced an amicable separation in August; and, the former Kentucky first lady Brown is moving to back New York where she once worked as a sportscaster on CBS football. «There are work opportunities for me there,» she said. Phyllis George said in a 1998 interview that she does not take a limousine to work at the Chelsea studio where she tapes. She always uses a taxi cab. Phyllis George on the set of «Woman’s Day» in New York City. August 25,1998Phyllis George got a lipstick touchup on the set of «Woman’s Day» as guest Dr. Joyce Brothers waited at right for taping a segment. Phyllis George, left, talked with participants in a «Woman’s Day» show segment on a grandmother makeover. Phyllis George on a break in taping on the set of «Woman’s Day» in 1998. Phyllis George held a baby doll as she and co-host for «Woman’s Day,» Sloan Lindemann, left, chatted. The baby had been used during taping of a previous segment on strollercise. Phyllis George outside the Chelsea Television Studios, where she taped «Woman’s Day» in New York. Phyllis George, left, and her children, Lincoln and Pamela Brown, in George’s Manhattan apartment in 1998. Phyllis George, right, and Mary Shands attended a press conference to announce the plans for the new Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation building in 2001. John Y. Brown and Phyllis George Brown (his ex) and their daughter, Pamela Brown, at the Stakes Room. Walter Cronkite joined Derby Eve party hostess Anita Madden and the former governor, John Y. Brown Jr., and his wife, Phyllis George Brown at Madden’s Lexington home in 1986. John Y. and Phyllis George BrownGov. John Y. Brown Jr. and his wife, Phyllis. Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert George, of Denton Texas, serve breakfast to their daughter, Phyllis George in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Sept.13,1970 after she was named Miss America of 1971 at night. Open-mouthed,21-year-old Miss Texas, Phyllis George of Denton, reacts Sept.
