NEED TO KNOW
- Jackson Browne’s son Ethan Browne has died at age 52
- Ethan was a mannequin and actor, and appeared within the movie Elevating Helen
- Browne wrote on Fb that he was discovered “unresponsive in his dwelling”
Jackson Browne is mourning the lack of his son Ethan Browne.
The singer-songwriter, 77, introduced Ethan’s loss of life on Wednesday, Nov. 26 in a press release shared to Fb. Ethan, a mannequin and actor, was 52.
“It’s with deep sorrow that we share that on the morning of November 25, 2025, Ethan Browne, the son of Jackson Browne and Phyllis Main, was discovered unresponsive in his dwelling and has handed away,” the assertion learn. “We ask for privateness and respect for the household throughout this tough time. No additional particulars can be found at this second.”
Main, who married the “Operating on Empty” singer in 1975, died by suicide at age 30 in March 1976, when Ethan was a toddler.
In 1974, when he was a couple of weeks outdated, Ethan appeared along with his well-known father on the quilt of Rolling Stone in {a photograph} that confirmed Browne holding his younger son and nuzzling as much as his face.
Ethan had a task within the 2004 Kate Hudson movie Elevating Helen, and was additionally a mannequin who appeared in campaigns for designers like Isaac Mizrahi, in keeping with producer Mark Ronson’s memoir Night time Folks.
Within the e-book, Ronson recalled befriending Ethan, who on the time was roommates in New York Metropolis with Simon Rex. Ronson described Ethan as “the actual deal — with an angular face and soulful gaze that appeared to disclose his deepest truths, even from a shiny web page.”
He additionally wrote that Ethan had the “sharp cheekbones” of his late mom, and the “soulful eyes” of his dad. Ethan was additionally the founding father of Spinside Information, an imprint on Browne’s impartial label Inside Recordings.
Browne stated in a 2021 interview with Route Journal that after shedding Main, being a dad to Ethan was his “important focus” in life.
“I solely had two issues that I hoped I might match collectively: being a songwriter and a father,” he stated. “And I checked out it like this, if I’ve to solely be a father, I hope I’ll comprehend it, and simply do this. “
In 2022, Browne praised his son’s expertise as a father in an interview with Tru Rock Revival.
“Ethan is a good father. He is an awesome son, an awesome man,” Browne stated. “I like seeing him along with his youngsters. After I see him in his motion pictures, modeling, along with his daughter, and being such an awesome dad, it makes me very proud. It makes me really feel I’ve completed one thing actually proper in my life.”
Browne can be dad to son Ryan, 43, with ex-wife Lynne Sweeney.
