John McClain Dies: Michael Jackson Estate Co-Executor & Veteran Music Exec Was 71

John McClain, the veteran music executive who served as a co-executor for the Michael Jackson estate, has died. He was 71.

The former A&M and Interscope Records exec reportedly died of complications from a fall on Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to People, as his co-executor John Branca paid tribute.

“I am profoundly grieved at the loss of my partner and ‘brother’ John McClain,” he said in a statement. “One of the great innovators in the world of music and music marketing, John was a visionary, seeing past the mundane and into the future.”

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