Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne announced the death of his son, model and actor Ethan Browne, on his official Facebook page Wednesday night. “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 read. “We ask for privacy and respect for the family during this difficult time. No further details are available at this moment.”
Ethan Browne was born to Jackson Browne and model Phyllis Major in 1973. Six months later, he was on the cover of Rolling Stone in his father’s arms. “I wanted a baby ’cause I wanted to be a baby,” he said in the cover story. “I play with [Ethan] all the time; there’s something pure about it. Look at all those expressions he’s got. He’s a real kick in the ass.” Jackson Browne and Major married in December 1975, and Major died by suicide four months later in 1976. “I only had two things that I hoped I could fit together,” he said in 2021, “being a songwriter and a father.”
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Ethan worked as a model, actor, and musician. He played a role in 1995’s Hackers starring Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller, as well as the 2004 Kate Hudson film Raising Helen. He later pivoted to music, starting a record label and releasing an album with Cat Colbert, the child of bassist Charles Colbert.
Jackson Browne’s statement gave no cause of death. Ethan Browne is survived by his father and his half-brother, Ryan, who is the child of Jackson Browne and his second wife Lynne Sweeney.
