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    Philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, wife of music exec. Clarence Avant, is fatally shot

    Police are investigating the shooting of Jacqueline Avant, who was found shot in her Beverly Hills home early Wednesday. "I don't think it's a random attack, said police chief Mark Stainbrook.
    by Mandalit del Barco Dec 02, 2021 3 minutes

    Police in Beverly Hills, Calif., are investigating the fatal shooting of Jacqueline Avant, a philanthropist and the wife of music legend Clarence Avant and mother-in-law to Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Police found Avant, 81, at her home with a gunshot wound. She was taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital where she later died.

    "I don't think it's a random attack, but I can't speculate on that right now," said Beverly Hills Police Department Chief Mark Stainbrook, who spoke

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