ethan Browne,actor and โson of โmusician Jackson Browne,has died at age 52. He was found unresponsiveโฃ at his home on Tuesday,November โฃ25,2025,according to a statement from his father.
The loss marks a profound grief for the Browne family and the entertainment community.Ethan Browne, while โforging his own path in actingโ and music, carriedโ a legacy โขas theโฃ son โขofโ a โฃcelebrated songwriter, and โคhis passing prompts reflection on family, artistic inheritance, and the challenges โfaced โคbyโ those navigating lifeโข in the public eye. Noโค cause โฃof death has been released.
jackson Browneโข announced his son’sโ death via Instagram, requesting privacy and respect for theโค family during this difficult time. Ethan was born November 2, 1973, in Los Angeles, to Jackson Browneโ and his late wife, Phyllis โMajor.
Ethan Browne appeared in the 1995 film Hackers, the 2004โข movie Raising Helen, and a 2002 episode of The WB’s Birds of Prey.โ Beyond acting, he workedโ as a model โand DJ, โfounding the record label Spinside Records.
His father, Jackson Browne, is an eight-time grammy-nominated artist known for hits like โ”Somebody’s Baby” (1982) and co-writing the โคEagles‘ 1972 song “Take It Easy,” asโค well as writing songs for Nico and other artists. Ethan appeared onโ the cover โขof Rolling Stone magazine with his father at โsix months old.