Ethan Browne, actor and son of singer Jackson Browne, has died aged 52.

In a heartbreaking put up, the Operating on Empty hitmaker, 77, introduced with ‘deep sorrow’ the loss of life of his son Ethan on Tuesday morning.

His reason for loss of life is unclear at this stage.

‘It’s with deep sorrow that we share that on the morning of November 25, 2025, Ethan Browne, the son of Jackson Browne and Phyllis Main, was discovered unresponsive in his house and has handed away,’ Jackson wrote on social media.

‘We ask for privateness and respect for the household throughout this troublesome time. No additional particulars can be found at this second.’

Main, who married the singer in 1975, died by suicide at age 30 in March 1976, when Ethan was a toddler.

Born on November 2, 1973 in Los Angeles, Ethan appeared on the duvet of Rolling Stone along with his dad at simply six months previous.

He was a mannequin and actor who appeared in 1997’s Hackers and Kate Hudson’s movie Elevating Helen in 2004. Ethan additionally labored as a DJ, founding label Spinside Data, and labored as a mannequin in campaigns for designers like Isaac Mizrahi.

Producer Mark Ronson recalled changing into associates with Ethan in New York Metropolis in his memoir, describing him as ‘the actual deal – with an angular face and soulful gaze that appeared to disclose his deepest truths, even from a shiny web page,’ in line with Folks.

In a 2021 interview with Route Journal Jackson stated being a father was his ‘foremost focus’ in life following the lack of his spouse Main.