Music legend Clarence Avant’s spouse Jacqueline shot lifeless at Beverly Hills dwelling

By Associated Press

BEVERLY HILLS: Jacqueline Avant, a Los Angeles philanthropist and the spouse of legendary music govt Clarence Avant, was fatally shot at their dwelling in Beverly Hills, California, early Wednesday, police mentioned.

Police and paramedics arrived on the dwelling after a 2:23 a.m. name to seek out Jacqueline Avant (81) with a gunshot wound, Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook mentioned at a day information convention. She was taken to a hospital, however didn’t survive.

The suspect or suspects have been gone when police arrived. No one has been arrested and the motive stays unclear, Stainbrook mentioned. “Nothing was stolen from the house, and no one else was injured. Someone went into the home, we don’t know the purpose behind it. I don’t think it’s a random attack but I can’t speculate on that,” the chief mentioned.

Jacqueline Avant was a longtime native philanthropist who led organizations that helped low-income neighborhoods together with Watts and South Los Angeles, and was on the board of administrators of the International Student Center on the University of California, Los Angeles.

The Avants’ daughter, Nicole Avant, is a movie producer and former US ambassador to the Bahamas and is married to Netflix co-CEO and Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos.

“The entire family wishes to thank everyone for their outpouring of love, support and condolences for Jacqueline Yvonne. 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. She will be missed by her family, friends and all of the people she has helped throughout her amazing life,” the Avant and Sarandos households mentioned in an announcement.

Former President Bill Clinton additionally paid her tribute. “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. She inspired admiration, respect & affection in everyone who knew her. We are heartbroken. She will be deeply missed,” Clinton mentioned on Twitter.

Jackie Avant was a beautiful lady, an ideal associate to Clarence and mom to Alex and Nicole, an lively citizen & an expensive buddy to Hillary and me for 30 years. She impressed admiration, respect & affection in everybody who knew her. We are heartbroken. She might be deeply missed.
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) December 1, 2021
Grammy-winning govt Clarence Avant is named the “Godfather of Black Music” and was lately inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The 90-year-old was additionally a live performance promoter and supervisor who mentored and helped the careers of artists together with Bill Withers, Little Willie John, L.A. Reid, Babyface, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

He based Sussex Records and Tabu Records within the Nineteen Sixties and Nineteen Seventies, and was chair of Motown Records within the Nineties. The Avants have been married in 1967. They even have a son, Alexander Du Bois Avant.

Nicole Avant produced a Netflix documentary about her father, 2019’s “The Black Godfather.” In an interview with NBC News in regards to the movie, she talked about her mom’s position within the household. “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. 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,” she mentioned.

TMZ first reported Jacqueline Avant’s demise.

Stainbrook, who’s in his first week as chief, mentioned nobody else was injured within the taking pictures. A safety guard was on the dwelling. He wouldn’t additional describe the interplay between the shooter and Jacqueline Avant. “I want to reassure the Beverly Hills community that the city remains safe, and one of the safest in the nation,” the chief mentioned.

Basketball icon Earvin “Magic” Johnson wrote on Twitter that he and his spouse have been “devastated” by the information of Avant’s demise, calling her “one of our closest friends”. “This is the saddest day in our lives,” he wrote.