WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Harry Britton “Britt” Brown, a former publisher of The Wichita Eagle, has died.

The newspaper reported that Brown was 87 when he died Monday at his Wichita home. Downing & Lahey Mortuary said the family isn’t releasing the cause of death.

Brown was the great-grandson of Col. Marshall Murdock, who founded The Eagle in 1872. He was one of the family owners of The Wichita Eagle & Beacon Publishing Co. He also served as publisher before retiring as board chairman in 1979.

Brown grew up in California and was a 1947 graduate of the University of Kansas.