LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Eleanor “Ellie” Brown Moore has died. Brown was the first wife of former Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr., Brown-Moore. Together they helped save the downtown ...
She was 84. Brown-Moore, the first wife of former Kentucky governor and Kentucky Fried Chicken CEO John Y. Brown Jr., was named as chair of the Kentucky Colonels' ownership board in 1973.