Friday, May 22, 2026

Horror: Jacqueline Avant, Beautiful, Popular Wife of Music Legend Clarence Avant, Murdered in Her Beverly Hills Home

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Horror of horrors: the music world and all of entertainment is in shock mourning the death of Jackie Avant, the beautiful and popular wife of legendary music mogul Clarence Avant. According to reports she was killed overnight in a home invasion at their house in Trousdale Estates, maybe the most secure and upscale part of Beverly Hills. It’s outrageous and horrifying news.

Jacqueline Avant is 81. Her husband, Clarence, 90, was just inducted into the Rock and Roll of Fame in Cleveland. They were on the HBO telecast. The Avants are the parents of Nicole Avant, who is married to Ted Sarandos head of Netflix. Their son, Alex, is a top agent at CAA. Believe me when I tell you these are the nicest people in the world.  My heart is breaking for all of them.

Jackie Avant is a stunning woman, one of the kindest and most genial people anywhere. Whatever happened here, the LAPD had better solve it, not like the Ronni Chasen murder. We want answers!

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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