The longtime executive helped launch Janet Jackson's career before co-helming Michael's estate since his 2009 death.
Manager John McClain poses for a portrait during the celebration for 2,000,000 copies of the album "Control" circa 1986 in Los Angeles, California.
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John McClain, co-executor of Michael Jackson‘s estate and a longtime music executive, has died at the age of 71.
In a Wednesday (May 27) statement to Billboard, Jackson co-executor John Branca confirmed the Tuesday (May 26) passing of McClain, who had helped lead the King of Pop’s estate since the star’s death in 2009. Branca said he was “profoundly grieved at the loss of my partner and ‘brother.’”
