The son of famed singer-songwriter Jackson Browne “was found unresponsive in his home” and died, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer disclosed on Wednesday.
The 77-year-old “Running on Empty” artist did not reveal any details about how 52-year-old Ethan Browne died on Tuesday.
“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 mourning father said in statement.
“We ask for privacy and respect for the family during this difficult time. No further details are available at this moment.”
Phyllis Major, Ethan Browne’s mother and Jackson Browne’s first wife, died in 1976.
The musician’s son dabbled in acting and modeling, with screen credits for Kate Hudson’s 2004 film “Raising Helen,” Angelina Jolie’s 1995 computer thriller “Hackers” and more recently the TV series “Birds of Prey,” according to his IMDB profile.
A young Browne graced the cover of Rolling Stone not long after his birth.
In a 2021 interview with Route magazine, Jackson Browne said being a father was a “main focus” after Major’s death but admitted to “mistakes I’ve made as a parent.”
“It was my main focus,” he said. “I only had two things that I hoped I could fit together: being a songwriter and a father. 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. But life’s not like that and you don’t get a notice in the mail saying you’re blowing it as a parent. You think you have the advice and the help you need, and sometimes you don’t, or you don’t heed it.”
“The mistakes I’ve made as a parent are still with me. I think about them fairly often,” he continued. “It’s not that you’re not trying the whole time. It’s not that I wasn’t trying then. You’re just distracted by other things and some things don’t occur to you. Or maybe you ignore advice that you should have taken, because you’re overconfident.”
