Robert Brown, American politician, Georgia State Senator (1991–2011), died from suicide by gunshot (body discovered on this date) he was 61.

Robert Lofton Brown was a Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate, representing the 26th District. He was first elected in an August 1991 special election and served until June 2011, when he resigned to run for Mayor of Macon, Georgia died from suicide by gunshot (body discovered on this date) he was 61.. He was elected by his fellow Democrats as Minority Leader in 2004 and served in that position until his resignation.


(January 30, 1950 – December 8, 2011)

Death

On December 8, 2011, Brown's body was found in his Macon home. The local coroner revealed that Brown died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.^[2]


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