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Jackson Browne Announces Death of Son Ethan Browne at 52

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has deferred the cause of death as the family requests privacy during the investigation.

Overview

  • Ethan Browne was found unresponsive at his Los Angeles home on the morning of November 25, according to a family statement posted November 26.
  • Officials have not released a cause of death, with the medical examiner listing it as deferred pending further inquiry.
  • Ethan worked as an actor and model with credits including Hackers, Raising Helen and the TV series Birds of Prey.
  • He founded Spinside Records, an imprint of Jackson Browne’s Inside Recordings, and performed in the duo Alain Zane, which released an album in 2022.
  • As a newborn he appeared with his father on a 1974 Rolling Stone cover; his mother, Phyllis Major, died by suicide in 1976, and tributes and remembrances have been shared since the announcement.