The son of famed singer-songwriter Jackson Browne \u201cwas found unresponsive in his home\u201d and has died, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performer disclosed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 77-year-old \u201cRunning on Empty\u201d artist did not reveal any details about how 52-year-old Ethan Browne died on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt 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,\u201d the mourning father said in statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe ask for privacy and respect for the family during this difficult time. No further details are available at this moment,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phyllis Major, Ethan Browne\u2019s mother and Jackson Browne\u2019s first wife, died in 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The musician\u2019s son dabbled in acting and modeling, with screen credits for Kate Hudson\u2019s 2004 film \u201cRaising Helen,\u201d Angelina Jolie\u2019s 1995 computer thriller \u201cHackers\u201d and more recently the TV series \u201cBirds of Prey,\u201d according to his IMDb profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A young Ethan Browne graced the cover of Rolling Stone not long after his birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a 2021 interview with Route magazine, Jackson Browne spoke of parenting his son after Major\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was my main focus,\u201d he said. \u201cI 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\u2019ll know it, and just do that. But life\u2019s not like that and you don\u2019t get a notice in the mail saying you\u2019re blowing it as a parent. You think you have the advice and the help you need, and sometimes you don\u2019t, or you don\u2019t heed it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe mistakes I\u2019ve made as a parent are still with me. I think about them fairly often,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s not that you\u2019re not trying the whole time. It\u2019s not that I wasn\u2019t trying then. You\u2019re just distracted by other things and some things don\u2019t occur to you. Or maybe you ignore advice that you should have taken, because you\u2019re overconfident.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n