Jackson Browne is mourning the loss of his son Ethan Browne.
Ethan, a model and actor, was 52.
The singer-songwriter announced his son’s death in a statement shared to Facebook.
“It is with deep sorrow that we share that on the morning of 25 November 2025, Ethan Browne, the son of Jackson Browne and Phyllis Major, was found unresponsive in his home and has passed away,” the statement read.
“We ask for privacy and respect for the family during this difficult time. No further details are available at this moment.”
Major, who married the Running on Empty singer in 1975, died by suicide at age 30 in March 1976, when Ethan was a toddler.
Browne said in a 2021 interview with Route Magazine that after losing Major, being a dad to Ethan was 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. “And I looked at it like this, if I have to only be a father, I hope I’ll know it, and just do that.”
Ethan had a role in the 2004 Kate Hudson film Raising Helen, and was also a model who appeared in campaigns for designers such as Isaac Mizrahi.
In 2022, Browne praised his son’s skills as a father in an interview with Tru Rock Revival.
“Ethan is a great father. He’s a great son, a great man,” Browne said.
“I love seeing him with his kids. When I see him in his movies, modelling, 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.”
Browne is also dad to son Ryan, 43, with ex-wife Lynne Sweeney.
