John McClain
Co-Executor of MJ Property, Music Exec Lifeless at 71
Revealed
John McClain, the co-executor of Michael Jackson‘s property and a veteran music govt and producer has died … TMZ has realized.
A rep for McClain tells TMZ … John died Tuesday. Sources with direct information inform us been had been sick for a number of years, although it isn’t but clear whether or not that sickness contributed to his dying. We’re instructed he handed in Malibu.
Along with his position as co-executor of the MJ property — together with John Branca — McClain produced hits for Michael, Janet Jackson, Ice Dice and Dr. Dre.
He was additionally an A&R govt at A&M Information who not solely oversaw Janet’s breakthrough album, “Control,” but in addition urged the label to signal new acts like Mark Wahlberg‘s Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch.
McClain and Branca had been appointed co-executors of the MJ property in 2009, after Michael’s dying. They not solely obtained the property out from below Michael’s heavy debt, however turned it right into a massively profitable empire, reportedly value billions of {dollars}.
They spearheaded the “Michael” biopic, the Broadway musical, a Cirque du Soleil manufacturing and the movie, “This Is It” … about Michael’s preparation for his last ill-fated tour.
McClain personally had a hand within the manufacturing of Michael’s posthumous hits like “Love Never Felt So Good” and “Much Too Soon.”
McClain was 71.
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