欧博abgEthan Browne, actor and son of singer Jackson
WASHINGTON — Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne is mourning the death of his son, Ethan Browne, a model, actor and father of two.
Ethan died Tuesday at age 52, the musician announced in a statement shared Wednesday on Facebook.
“It is with deep sorrow that we share that on the morning of November 25, 2025, Ethan Browne, the son of Jackson Browne and Phyllis Major, was found unresponsive in his home and has passed away,” the statement said. “We ask for privacy and respect for the family during this difficult time. No further details are available at this moment.”
Ethan was the only child of Browne and Major, who married in 1975. Major died by suicide the following year at 30, when Ethan was still a toddler.
One of Ethan’s earliest public moments came in 1974, when a weeks-old photograph of him nestled against his father appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
As an adult, Ethan built a career between acting and modeling. He appeared in the 2004 Kate Hudson film "Raising Helen" and modeled for designers including Isaac Mizrahi.
Producer Mark Ronson wrote in his memoir, "Night People" about befriending Ethan Browne when he was living in New York City with actor Simon Rex.
Ronson described him as “the real deal — with an angular face and soulful gaze that seemed to reveal his deepest truths, even from a glossy page.” He wrote that Ethan had his mother’s “sharp cheekbones” and his father’s “soulful eyes.”
Ethan also founded Spinside Records, an imprint under Browne’s independent label, Inside Recordings.
Browne, 77, has spoken openly about the impact of parenthood following Major’s death. In a 2021 interview with Route Magazine, he said being a father to Ethan became his “main focus” in life. “I only had two things that I hoped I could fit together: being a songwriter and a father,” he said. “If I have to only be a father, I hope I’ll know it, and just do that.”
In a 2022 interview with Tru Rock Revival, Browne praised Ethan not only as a son but as a devoted father himself. “Ethan is a great father. He's a great son, a great man,” he said. “When I see him in his movies, modeling, with his daughter, and being such a great dad, it makes me very proud. It makes me feel I've done something really right in my life.”
No cause of death was released for Ethan Browne.