Topic: Stephen Brown

Madeline Brown authored an open letter to her son, Stephen, detailing her 1987 revelation regarding his biological father, Lyndon B. Johnson. The account describes a 1969 meeting at the Shamrock Hotel in Houston where Johnson refused to acknowledge paternity to protect his post-presidential reputation. This disclosure followed a $10.5 million lawsuit filed against Lady Bird Johnson for conspiring to deny Stephen his legal heirship.

Madeline Brown published her life story, Texas in the Morning, following the death of her son Stephen from cancer at age 39. The narrative notes that Stephen succumbed to the same affliction that affected Lyndon B. Johnson's mother and sister. The memoir is presented as a chronicle of her personal strength and a response to her own near-death experience.