John McClain, Co-Executor of Michael Jackson Estate, Dies at 71
He helped turn Michael Jackson’s estate into a multibillion-dollar business and produced hits for Janet Jackson, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre.
- John McClain, co-executor of Michael Jackson's estate, died Tuesday in Malibu at age 71. McClain served alongside attorney John Branca since their 2009 appointment following Jackson's death.
- Before managing the Jackson estate, McClain spent decades as a music executive at A&M Records, where he helped launch Janet Jackson's breakthrough 1986 album 'Control' and later worked at Interscope Records and DreamWorks Records.
- McClain personally produced Michael Jackson's posthumous hits 'Love Never Felt So Good' and 'Much Too Soon,' while he and Branca spearheaded the 'Michael' biopic released earlier this year, a Broadway musical, Cirque du Soleil production and 'This Is It' film.
- Branca released a Wednesday statement calling McClain 'one of the great innovators in the world of music and music marketing' and said he was 'profoundly grieved at the loss of my partner and brother.'
- The Jackson estate McClain helped build transformed from nearly $500 million in debt to a multi-billion dollar enterprise, including a $600 million Sony Music catalog deal, though McClain had been ill for several years before his death.
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