Former Mesa Mayor Wayne Brown dies at age 76

Rose Law Group extends sympathies, prayers to the family

The Arizona Republic

Former Mesa Mayor Wayne Brown
Former Mesa Mayor Wayne Brown

Former Mesa Mayor Wayne Brown, who led the city’s drive to build a world-class performing arts center in the heart of the city’s downtown, died Wednesday after a lengthy illness. He was 76.

Brown served as mayor from 1996 to 2000 and spearheaded a 1998 quality-of-life bond issue that helped pay for the center.

After he left office, he and his wife, Kathye, continued a private fundraising campaign for the center, bringing in more than $4.5 million.

A sculpture courtyard in the center is named for him.

“Wayne was a visionary leader who believed in Mesa and was passionate about its future,” Mayor Scott Smith said in a city statement announcing Brown’s death. “Although he will be greatly missed, I am pleased that his legacy will continue to live on at the Mesa Arts Center’s Brown Sculpture Courtyard. He was a great example of positive civic leadership.”

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