Malcolm "Jock" Wallace McLean, born November 28, 1945, to Malcolm and Anita McLean passed away at the age of 80 on May 13, 2026, just after midnight, from complications of pneumonia with his loving daughters by his side.

He was born in New Rochelle, NY and grew up in Larchmont, Garden City and Quogue. Jock spent his adult life living in Manhattan and Quogue as well as summering across the Canadian border in the 1000 Islands.

Jock is survived by his daughters: Elizabeth "Ashley" McLean and Melissa "Brooke" McLean; Ashley's sons Malcolm "Connor" Lueck and Hugh "Devin" Lueck; his sister Mary Boully; his niece Kathleen "Kaycee" Binns and nephew Harvey "Chip" Binns; and his cousin Donald "Don" McLean. He was proceeded in death by his wife, Marilyn Claire Groce McLean; his sister Judith "Judy" Barrerro; and his parents Malcolm and Anita McLean.

Jock had an amazing career which started the summer of his junior year at Boston University. In 1965, he was assistant manager of the legendary Hamptons nightclub, The Barge, on Dune Road. He left school and joined Beatles USA as the Road Manager for the Beatles. He then became George Harrison's Assistant. Jock then side stepped as Tour Manager and Recording Assistant at Nemperor Artists for: James Taylor, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Carly Simon. In 1974, he joined Columbia Records as the Director of Artist Development working with Bob Dylan, Billy Joel and helped "discover" Elvis Costello, Wham!, Judas Priest and Midnight Oil among others before moving to CBS / FOX Video as Video President and Music Programming, where he produced Shelley Duvall's Fairytale Theater, REO Speedwagon's Hi Infidelity which was the first concert on MTV one week after launching, and Charlie Daniels Band's live Labor Day weekend special, which was the first live music concert on Cable TV and simulcasted on Westwood One Radio stations. Independently, he produced One Night with Blue Note and the Grammy Nominated video Sun City which is considered by most political experts to be one of the fatal blows to Apartheid.

In the early 1980's, Jock worked at MTV and VH-1 Networks as Vice President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions. In the 1990's, he joined SET Pay Per view and Showtime Networks as Vice President of Sports and Event Programming. He produced specials with New Kids on The Block, Usher, Brittany Spears, Eminem, Tyson v Holyfield, Tyson v Ruddick among others through Pay Per View. Jock finished his career as producer of Inside the NFL, which earned him 2 Emmys and 1 Emmy for producing A Game of Honor. He also won a Cable Ace Award for Michael Jackson From Motown to Your Town and a Cable Ace Nomination for Saturday Night Concert Series.

After retirement, Jock happily refocused his undivided attention to family life. A consummate cheerleader, he was an enthusiastic support and role model for his two grandsons, serving on the Quogue Board of Education for 3 terms in order to participate more fully in their lives.

Jock was undeniably supportive and loving to his family and eclectic group of very close friends. We all will miss him.

There are no formal services scheduled at this time.