He was the first act signed to former Los Angeles Lakers' basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson's Magic Johnson Music, a subsidiary of MCA. R&B singer/producer Avant launched his solo career at age 22, quickly drawing comparisons to fellow new-style R&B crooner R. Addresses: Record company-Geffen Records, website. Education: Graduated from Cleveland School of the Arts, 1995. “This is the saddest day in our lives,” he wrote.Born Myron Avant in 1978, in Cleveland, OH. “I want to reassure the Beverly Hills community that the city remains safe, and one of the safest in the nation,” the chief said.īasketball icon Earvin “Magic” Johnson wrote on Twitter that he and his wife were “devastated” by the news of Avant’s death, calling her “one of our closest friends.” He would not further describe the interaction between the shooter and Jacqueline Avant. Stainbrook, who is in his first week as chief, said no one else was injured in the shooting. TMZ first reported Jacqueline Avant’s death.
“While my father was in it, making all the deals, my mother was the one who gave me, for example, my love of literature, my love of filmmaking, my love of storytelling.” “My mom is really the one who brought to my father and our family the love and passion and importance of the arts and culture and entertainment,” she said. Nicole Avant produced a Netflix documentary about her father, 2019′s “The Black Godfather.” In an interview with NBC News about the film, she talked about her mother’s role in the family. They also have a son, Alexander Du Bois Avant. He founded Sussex Records and Tabu Records in the 1960s and 1970s, and was chair of Motown Records in the 1990s. Reid, Babyface, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The 90-year-old was also a concert promoter and manager who mentored and helped the careers of artists including Bill Withers, Little Willie John, L.A. Grammy-winning executive Clarence Avant is known as the “Godfather of Black Music” and was recently inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “She inspired admiration, respect & affection in everyone who knew her. “Jackie Avant was a wonderful woman, a great partner to Clarence and mother to Alex and Nicole, an active citizen & a dear friend to Hillary and me for 30 years,” Clinton said on Twitter. “She will be missed by her family, friends and all of the people she has helped throughout her amazing life.”įormer President Bill Clinton also paid her tribute. Jacqueline was an amazing woman, wife, mother, philanthropist, and a 55 year resident of Beverly Hills, who has made an immeasurable positive contribution and impact on the arts community,” the Avant and Sarandos families said in a statement. “The entire family wishes to thank everyone for their outpouring of love, support and condolences for Jacqueline Yvonne. ambassador to the Bahamas and is married to Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. The Avants’ daughter, Nicole Avant, is a film producer and former U.S. Jacqueline Avant was a longtime local philanthropist who led organizations that helped low-income neighborhoods including Watts and South Los Angeles, and was on the board of directors of the International Student Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. “I don’t think it’s a random attack but I can’t speculate on that.” “Someone went into the home, we don’t know the purpose behind it,” the chief said. Nothing was stolen from the house, and no one else was injured. No one has been arrested and the motive remains unclear, Stainbrook said. The suspect or suspects were gone when police arrived.
She was taken to a hospital, but did not survive. call to find Jacqueline Avant, 81, with a gunshot wound, Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook said at an afternoon news conference. Police and paramedics arrived at the home after a 2:23 a.m. (AP) - Jacqueline Avant, a Los Angeles philanthropist and the wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, was fatally shot at their home in Beverly Hills, California, early Wednesday, police said.
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