Clarence Avant death: Famous 直面するs 含むing Barack Obama and Pharrell Williams lead 尊敬の印 to 'Godfather of 黒人／ボイコット Music'
尊敬の印s have flooded in for Clarence Avant - the 'Godfather of 黒人／ボイコット Music' - after news broke that he died 老年の 92 on Sunday.
His death （機の）カム いっそう少なく than two years after his wife was 発射 and killed by an 侵入者 during a home 侵略.
The family of the 伝説の Grammy-winning (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, concert promoter, and 経営者／支配人 発表するd that he died 平和的に at his home in Los Angeles.?
His children said that the 'joy of his 遺産／遺物 緩和するs the 悲しみ of our loss.'?
に引き続いて the family's 声明, celebrities who crossed paths with the icon such as Barack Obama, Pharrell Williams, and Laura Dern.
So sad: 尊敬の印s are 注ぐing in for the 'Godfather of 黒人／ボイコット Music' Clarence Avant who died at the age 92 on Sunday. His family 発表するd the news on Monday?
悲劇の: Avant's wife Jacqueline (left) was killed in a home 侵略 in 2021. His death comes just 20 months after the horror
Honoured: Pharrell Williams (pictured with Avant in 2019) paid 尊敬の印 to the legend who is '支援する up from whence he （機の）カム... Heaven'
Former 大統領 Obama 株d a 共同の 声明 with his wife Michelle 表明するing how '感謝する' they were for Avant's friendship.
It read: 'Clarence Avant was one of our favourite people. He exemplified a 確かな level of 冷静な／正味の and street smarts that 許すd him to move confidently into worlds that nobody had 用意が出来ている? him for, never 疑問ing he could 人物／姿／数字 it out.
'Clarence was part of a 世代 that served as a 橋（渡しをする） from a time when there was very little 適切な時期 for 黒人／ボイコット people to a time when doors began to open.
'He 需要・要求するd the world make room, and he 覆うd the way for the 残り／休憩（する） of us.
'Michelle and I will always be 感謝する for Clarence's friendship and wise counsel. Our thoughts are with Nicole, Alex, Ted, and everyone else whose life was touched by a truly remarkable man.'
Other political 人物／姿／数字s who paid 尊敬の印 to Avant were 副大統領 Kamala Harris and 法案 Clinton.
The former said that Avant was 'a l egend' for 'bringing people together so we could all move 今後.'
Clinton thanked the artist for their '１０年間s of friendship' and positivity.
Throughout his stellar music (n)役員／(a)執行力のある career, Avant helped artists such as 法案 Withers, Jay-Z, Whitney Houston, Little Willie John, L.A. Reid, Babyface, Jimmy Jam and Terry 吊りくさび - and 議長，司会を務めるd the totemic Motown 記録，記録的な／記録するs in the 1990s.?
From that musical world, Pharrell Williams and Sean 徹底的に捜すs - known as P Diddy - were の中で those to 支払う／賃金 尊敬の印.
記録，記録的な／記録する 生産者 Williams said: 'Clarence Avant was a visionary and a transcendent spirit. He is the ultimate example of what change looks like, what architecting change looks like, and what the success of change looks like.?
'He 星／主役にするd adversity in the 直面する in 気候s and 条件s that weren’t welcoming to people that looked like him. But through his talent and relentless spirit in the 追跡 to be the best of the best, he 獲得するd the support and friendship of people who さもなければ wouldn’t look in our direction.?
'He has been behind so many musical 広大な／多数の／重要なs, people in and across the entertainment 産業, and I’m so 栄誉（を受ける）d to have known him. He was a Godfather, a Godfather to the 黒人／ボイコット dream and a Godfather to the American dream. There will never be another like him.?
'It’s my hope and wish that others will see what he’s done and try to go even その上の, because that’s what he 手配中の，お尋ね者 and that’s why he did what he did. He 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 奮起させる. While running an 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の race in his lifetime, he passed the baton to us.?
'Some people use the phrase "passed away." I don’t because maybe the time has passed, but I don’t know that you’re away. Clarence went 支援する up from whence he （機の）カム… heaven.'
Always 感謝する: Barack and Michelle Obama 株d a joined 声明 thanking Avant for his friendship
星／主役にする: The Music (n)役員／(a)執行力のある and his wife …に出席する a 儀式 栄誉（を受ける）ing him with a 星／主役にする on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 7, 2016
Award 勝利者: Lionel Richie 現在のs Avant the Ahmet Ertegun Award onstage in October 2021
Life of love: Clarence and his wife Jacqueline were married for over 50 years
Godfather: 記録，記録的な／記録する 生産者 Williams said 'I'm so 栄誉（を受ける）d to have known him'
影響（力）: Clarence Avant is pictured with Jay-Z (left) and Sean 徹底的に捜すs, known as P Diddy (権利), in 2020. Avant advised and managed dozens of music legends during his career?
Inspiration: 運命's Child singer Kelly Rowland 株d this 尊敬の印 to Avant
Son-in-法律: Ted Sarandos and his father-in-法律 Clarence Avant …に出席する the 36th 年次の 激しく揺する & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction 儀式 at ロケット／急騰する Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 30, 2021
徹底的に捜すs 株d a ビデオ of the icon talking about race and how he saw himself in the fight against 人種差別主義 すぐに after news broke that Avant had passed.
運命's Child singer Kelly Rowland also gave her thoughts to those closest to Avant.
'Sending my love and 祈りs over to his family and loved ones,' she said.
Avant's daughter, Nicole, 55, is married to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos. Nicole was 任命するd by then-大統領，／社長 Obama as 外交官／大使 to the Bahamas in 2009.?
In a 声明 発表するing his death, the Avant Sarandos family said: 'It is with a 激しい heart that the Avant/Sarandos family 発表する the passing of Clarence Alexander Avant.?
'Through his 革命の 商売／仕事 leadership, Clarence became affectionately known as ‘the 黒人／ボイコット Godfather’ in the worlds of music, entertainment, politics, and sports.?
'Clarence leaves behind a loving family and a sea of friends and associates that have changed the world and will continue to change the world for 世代s to come.?
'The joy of his 遺産／遺物 緩和するs the 悲しみ of our loss.?
'Clarence passed away gently at home in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 13, 2023.'
He has also received 尊敬の印s from friends in the 事実上の／代理 world.
Jurassic Park's Laura Dern 株d a 一連の photos with the musician, 説: 'T he Godfather. Clarence. Icon/hero/father/husband/buddy/favorite 物語を話す人／作家.?
'What an 栄誉（を受ける） to know and love you and your family, and for you to know 地雷. We know you’re now in "Grandmas 手渡すs." And what "a number you are," sir!'
類似して, Gwyneth Paltrow 株d a picture of her and Avant, and captioned it: 'Clarence. Where to start. You were beloved by so many, 含むing our family who looked 今後 to every dinner, every 減少（する） of 知恵, just the warmth of your presence.?
'I hope Joe was there to take you to the other 味方する, and Jacqui met you with a big embrace. We will 行方不明になる you 深く，強烈に.?We love you more than words can say.'
Friend: Laura Laura Dern 株d this photo of her and Avant, 説 'what an 栄誉（を受ける） to know and love you'
Beloved: Gwyneth Paltrow 公式文書，認めるd 'the warmth of your presence' in her 尊敬の印 to Avant
Family: Jacqueline, Clarence, their son-in-法律 Sarandos, and daughter Nicole Avant pictured in 2020 in Hollywood, California.?Sarandos is the CEO of Netflix, and Nicole used to be the 外交官／大使 to The Bahamas
Awful: Philanthropist Jacqueline Avant was 発射 and killed during a home 侵略 強盗 in the 早期に hours of December 1, 2021
Icon: Avant pictured with Quincy Jones and Whitney Houston
Groundbreaking: Avant (pictured with 伝説の boxer Muhammad Ali) transcended outside of music
行動主義者: Clarence 会合 Rosa Parks - another instrumental 人物／姿／数字 in the civil 権利s movement
Shocking: Photos 得るd by DailyMail.com show the 事情に応じて変わる glass door that was 粉砕するd by home invaders who killed the wife of 伝説の music (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Clarence Avant in 2021
Message: Viola Davis thanked Avant for 存在 a trailblazer for 黒人／ボイコット artists
Viola Davis, of The Woman King and 盗品故買者s, also paid her own 尊敬の印.
She said: 'Thank you for your 軍人 spirit sir. For the paths you have 炎d, the artists that you have 影響（力）d, emboldened, created...
'Thank you for living a BOLD life! You have earned your 残り／休憩（する）. Jacqueline is waiting with open 武器 for you!'
The Motown fixture's life was retold by his son-in-法律's streaming service in 2019, in a 文書の-film 肩書を与えるd The 黒人／ボイコット Godfather.?
The 激しく揺する & Roll Hall of Fame 述べるd him as '冷静な／正味の, savvy, 確信して, and fearless ? someone who makes the impossible possible.?
'He's served a variety of 役割s during his illustrious career, 含むing 経営者／支配人, label owner, concert 組織者, event 生産者, political fundraiser, and 助言者.?
'Avant's career began in the 1950s when he served as the 経営者／支配人 for Little Willie John and jazz organist Jimmy Smith.?
'In late 1969, he 開始する，打ち上げるd Sussex 記録，記録的な／記録するs, a label that soon 達成するd a 最高の，を越す Ten 攻撃する，衝突する with Dennis Coffey's Scorpio.?
'The most 著名な artist on Sussex was 法案 Withers, who 解放（する）d his first three 記録，記録的な／記録するs for the label, featuring the 攻撃する，衝突するs Ain 't No 日光, Lean on Me, and Use Me.?
'In 1971, Avant 開始する，打ち上げるd Avant Garde Broadcasting, one of the first 黒人／ボイコット-owned 無線で通信する 駅／配置するs in the country.'?
The legend was also an 遂行するd 生産者 and actor - known for 配達する Us From Evil in 1975, The Color Purple in 1985 and Jason's Lyric in 1994.?
And Avant also dipped his toe in the political world - serving as 公式の／役人 and 非公式の 助言者s to 大統領s Jimmy Carter and George Bush 同様に as Obama and Clinton - who have remembered him.
He was awarded a 星／主役にする on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016.
Avant's death comes just 20 months after his wife of 54 years,?Jacqueline Avant, was 発射 and killed during a home 侵略 at their $7million mansion in Beverly Hills.
Jacqueline was killed by?career 犯罪の Aariel Maynor, in the high-profile home 侵略 that went horribly wrong.
Beverly Hills police were called to the couple's mansion in gated community Trousdale 広い地所s around 2.30am December 1, 2021, after a 911 報知係 said someone had been 発射, によれば Beverly Hills Police 長，指導者 示す Stainbrook.?
Officers arriving at the scene discovered the 81-year-old while she was still alive, but 苦しむing from a 選び出す／独身 射撃 負傷させる. She was 輸送（する）d to a 地元の hospita l, where she died later that morning.?
遺産／遺物: Clarence and his son, Alex, who 生き残るs him. Alex Avant is an スパイ／執行官 working in Los Angeles?
堅い start: Clarence Avant was born February 25, 1931 in Greensboro, North Carolina - まっただ中に the challenge s hardships of segregation in the South
Clarence Avant and Dave Chappelle pictured together in 2022
Storied life: A 文書の about the life of Clarence Avant was 解放（する）d on Netflix in 2019
Talent spotter: Clarence Avant and 法案 Withers - the 'Ain’t No 日光' singer - …に出席する the 儀式 栄誉（を受ける）ing Avant with a 星／主役にする on The Hollywood Walk of Fame held on October 7, 2016
Clarence, then 90, was in the home asleep at the time and was not 負傷させるd. Jacqueline, who 警官，（賞などを）獲得するs say was awake in the Bel-空気／公表する home, startled the 夜盗，押し込み強盗, 武装した with an AR-15, spurring him to shoot and leave emptyhanded.?
Maynor, who had been on 仮釈放（する） at the time of the break-in, was 跡をつけるd by police to the backyard of another Hollywood home he was 試みる／企てるing to burgle, after he 誤った 発射 himself in the foot with the same ライフル銃／探して盗む he used to kill Avant.??
The 場所 was about seven miles from Avant's 住居. Police 設立する the 犯人 there, 同様に as 証拠 of a new 押し込み強盗, and took him into 保護／拘留.?
Clarence Avant was born February 25, 1931 in Greensboro, North Carolina - まっただ中に the challenges hardships of segregation in the South.
He married Jacqueline Gray in 1967 and they had two children together -? Nicole Avant and Alex Avant, who is an スパイ／執行官 and 生産者 based in Los Angeles.
Just last week, Nicole 地位，任命するd a collection of old photographs of her parents with the caption: '56 years ago today, these two lovebirds said "I Do". Happy 周年記念日 Mom and Dad!'
