 In 1974 Brown married producer Gareth Wigan, with whom she had been involved for at least seven years; the couple married in order to expedite the emigration of themselves and their son Jonathan (then aged six) to the US.Brown and Wigan separated in 1979, with their divorce only becoming final in 1981 after protracted legal wrangling.Brown died at the age of 58 in London on 5 July 1992.