Who Is Kenny Ostin, Son Of Music Exec Mo Ostin?

Kenny Ostin is the second child [son] of Mo Ostin, an American record executive who worked for several companies, including Verve, Reprise Records, Warner Bros. Records, and DreamWorks.

Kenny was born on 4 Aug 1956 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA and he died on Nov 2004, aged 48 at the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA.

He was buried at the Mount Sinai Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. 

Eighteen years after the death of Kenny, his father Mo Ostin also died. Mo died on July 31, 2022, aged 95.

Mo was named chairman/CEO of Warner/Reprise in 1972, a role he held until 1994.

During his time at the helm of affairs, the label released era-defining records by the likes of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, the Grateful Dead, Paul Simon and Randy Newman. Released in 1977, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours spent 31 weeks at US No 1 and sold 20m copies domestically.

Mo was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 by Paul Simon, Neil Young and Lorne Michaels.

Mo rejoined Warner Bros as a consultant in 2006, and received the Icon award from Grammy body the Recording Academy “in honour of his contribution to the landscape of modern music”.