no , you ca n’t chop your mama up in massachusetts .
after wartime service as a cryptographer , mr. brown moved to new york , where he adopted the name michael .
 
for dupont , mr. brown created “ wonderful world of chemistry , ” a show that in all likelihood has had the greatest number of performances of any musical in history .
the chad mitchell trio popularized that song and another by mr. brown , “ the john birch society , ” which included these lines : “ you can not trust your neighbors ,
what has been little spoken of until now is the crucial role a new york couple played in bringing the pulitzer prize - winning " mockingbird " to the page .
marion martin brown jr. was born on dec. 14 , 1920 , in mexia , tex .
chip somodevilla getty harper lee , photographed here in 2007 , received the presidential medal of freedom .
as a youth , he played the piano and wrote songs ; at 15 , he entered the university of texas .