"The world lost a beautiful soul today," White wrote of his older brother.

Jack White at the "Motor City" New York Premiere held at MoMA on July 13, 2026 in New York, New York. John Nacion/Variety

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Jack White is mourning the death of his older brother, Edward “Eddie” Gillis, who managed Third Man Records’ Detroit vinyl pressing plant.

White shared the news in an Instagram post on Saturday (Oct. 24), writing that Gillis had died that morning “after having fought a tough battle against cancer.” “The world lost a beautiful soul today,” White wrote. “Ed was such a caring, funny and generous person that everybody loved.”

Gillis ran Third Man Pressing for 10 years, overseeing the production of “hundreds of thousands” of records for other artists, White wrote, adding that his brother liked to make small sculptures and flowers from the plant’s vinyl scraps.…