Who Is Monique Brown? - All About Jim Brown Wife

Monique Brown is the wife of legendary football running back Jim Brown, who died at the age of 87.

Jim Brown passed away peacefully at his home in Los Angeles, his wife Monique Brown announced in a post on Instagram.

The death of Jim Brown has piqued interest in his wife Monique and Nigeriabombshell.com would collate all we know about Monique in this article.

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Monique Brown is the wife of legendary National Football League (NFL) running back and civil rights icon, Jim Brown.

Jim Brown died late Thursday, May 18th 2023, his wife Monique announced via Instagram.

He was 87.

Monique Brown is the second wife of Jim Brown. She is an actress and a producer, according to her profile on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).

Monique has taken part in a number of notable movies including Survival Arts (1993) and Man, Moment, Machine, and Decisión final (2014).

She started off her career as a runway model and now works for a charity. In the AMER-I-CAN Programme, Monique works with young women and seeks to increase their self-esteem.

Following Jim Brown’s death in May 2023, Monique announced his passing to the world in a post on Instagram.

“It is with profound sadness that I announce the passing of my husband, Jim Brown,” she wrote. “He passed peacefully last night at our LA home. To the world he was an activist, actor, and football star. To our family, he was a loving and wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. Our hearts are broken.”

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Jim Brown’s only NFL franchise, the Cleveland Browns, also mourned him in a statement.

“It’s impossible to describe the profound love and gratitude we feel for having the opportunity to be a small piece of Jim’s incredible life and legacy,” the Cleveland Browns, the only team he played for in the NFL, said in a statement. “We mourn his passing, but celebrate the indelible light he brought to the world.”

“During his nine-year NFL career, which coincided with the civil rights movement here at home, he became a forerunner and role model for athletes being involved in social initiatives outside their sport,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “He inspired fellow athletes to make a difference, especially in the communities in which they lived.”

Monique Brown and Jim got married in 1997 after remaining unmarried for decades after his first marriage collapsed in 1968.

Between the two marriages, he got engaged to 18-year-old Diane Stanley, a Clark College student he met in Acapulco, Mexico, in December 1973.

They broke off their engagement in 1974

In 1999, Brown was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats toward his wife. Later that year, he was found guilty of vandalism for smashing his wife’s car with a shovel.

He was sentenced to three years’ probation, one year of domestic violence counseling, and 400 hours of community service or 40 hours on a work crew along with a $1,800 fine.

Brown ignored the terms of his sentence and in 2000 was sentenced to six months in jail, which he began serving in 2002 after refusing the court-ordered counseling and community service. He was released after three months.

Jim Brown and his wife Monique have two children together – Aris and Morgan.

Monique Brown and Jim Brown’s son, Aris, paid tribute to his father upon his death.

“You were an amazing father and role model. I am blessed to call you my father and learn so much from you. You gave me the best childhood anyone could ask for, and always wanted me to be happy. I can’t thank you enough for that. I love you pops❤️🕊️,” he wrote on Instagram.

As an activist, Monique Brown and her husband Jim were part of those invited by then U.S President Donald Trump to witness the signing into law of the first step act, Trump’s signature criminal justice reform law.

Speaking to Pro Football Hall of Fame after attending a follow-up meeting in Washington, D.C, Monique said the law is a step in the right direction.

“For over 25 years, Jim and I have been working to combat violence, alleviate poverty, and bring opportunity to our community. Through the Amer-I-Can program we have trained thousands of formerly incarcerated, gang affiliated, and traumatized individuals to recognize and claim their right to self-determination,” Monique Brown said.

“Through our work, we have also fought for policy change and systems transformation to make our criminal legal system more just, more fair, and more compassionate.

“Jim and I met with President Trump last December and asked him to support the First Step Act, a bipartisan bill. We chose to use our voices, our platform, to echo the collective push for criminal justice reform.

“We see this as our duty, and through the Amer-I-Can program and our advocacy we will continue to fight for justice and opportunity for our community,”

Monique Brown age

Jim Brown’s wife, Monique Brown is reportedly 47 years old as of 2023.

Monique Brown Instagram

Jim Brown’s wife Monique is on Instagram @mrs.moniquebrown

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Jim Brown Wiki

This section is culled from the Jim Brown Wikipedia entry…

James Nathaniel Brown (February 17, 1936 – May 18, 2023) was an American football player, sports analyst, social activist and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 through 1965.

Jim Brown was born in St. Simons Island, Georgia, to Swinton Brown, a professional boxer, and his wife, Theresa, a homemaker. He attended Manhasset Secondary School in Manhasset, New York. Brown earned 13 letters playing football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and running track.

Considered to be one of the greatest running backs of all time, as well as one of the greatest players in NFL history, Brown was a Pro Bowl invitee every season he was in the league, was recognized as the AP NFL Most Valuable Player three times, and won an NFL championship with the Browns in 1964.

He led the league in rushing yards in eight out of his nine seasons, and by the time he retired, he held most major rushing records.

In 2002, he was named by The Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever.

Brown earned unanimous All-America honors playing college football at Syracuse University, where he was an all-around player for the Syracuse Orangemen football team. The team later retired his number 44 jersey, and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995.

He is also widely considered one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time, and the Premier Lacrosse League MVP Award is named in his honor.

Brown also excelled in basketball and track and field. In his professional career, Brown carried the ball 2,359 times for 12,312 rushing yards and 106 touchdowns, which were all records when he retired. He averaged 104.3 rushing yards per game, and is the only player in NFL history to average over 100 rushing yards per game for his career. His 5.2 yards per rush is third-best among running backs, behind Marion Motley and Jamaal Charles.

Jim Brown was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

He was named to the NFL’s 50th, 75th, and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams, comprising the best players in NFL history. Brown was honored at the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship as the greatest college football player of all time.

His number 32 jersey is retired by the Browns. Shortly before the end of his football career, Brown became an actor, obtaining 53 acting credits and several leading roles throughout the 1970s.

Brown began his acting career before the 1964 season, playing a buffalo soldier in a Western action film called Rio Conchos.

He followed that with a strong supporting role as convict commando “Jefferson” in the terrific WWII action film The Dirty Dozen (1967). He was kept busy with additional on screen appearances in other fast paced films including Ice Station Zebra (1968), 100 Rifles (1969) and El Condor (1970). Brown’s popularity grew during the boom of “blaxploitation” cinema in the early 1970s portraying tough “no nonsense” characters in Slaughter (1972), Black Gunn (1972) and Three the Hard Way (1974). (IMDB).

Jim Brown married his first wife Sue Brown (née Jones) in September 1959. She sued for divorce in 1968, charging him with “gross neglect.”

Together they had three children, twins born 1960, and a son born 1962.

Their divorce was finalized in 1972. Brown was ordered to pay $2,500 per month in alimony and $100 per week for child support.

Jim Brown married his second wife, Monique Brown in 1997. Their union produced another two children and she was by his side when he finally died in May 2023.

Jim Brown Children

Jim Brown has three children from his first marriage to Sue – twins Kim and Kevin and James Jr.

His second marriage to Monique Brown produced two children – Aris and Morgan.

Aris Morgan followed his father’s footsteps and played Lacrosse at Hampton University. Recall Jim Brown was an expert lacrosse player himself at Syracuse University, earning a First-Team All-American selection in his senior season.

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Jim Brown also reportedly has three more children from other relationships – Kimberly (from Kim Jones), Shellee (from Brenda Ayres), and Karen Brown Ward. Karen’s mother’s name has not been revealed.

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