But just last year, far more concrete details have emerged about Brown's life, thanks to Paul Shatzkin, the author of Brown's amazing new biography, The Man Who Mastered Gravity.
Paul Shatzkin documents an intimate exchange Townsend had on a sailboat with his soon-to-be wife, Josephine.
I also introduced Nick Cook and Paul Shatzkin for an off-camera meeting just to ensure they weren't being thrown off by the same disinformation sources.