Music
Avant’s wife Jacqueline, a philanthropist and activist, was murdered inside their Beverly Hills home in December in a crime that drew national attention.
May 20, 2022
Clarence Avant was a behind-the-scenes titan of managing, deal making and problem solving across the full spectrum of Black entertainment.
Aug. 14, 2023
Entertainment & Arts
Clarence Brown, one of Hollywood’s most prolific directors, who enhanced the careers of such diverse stars as Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Norma Shearer and Elizabeth Taylor, has died at age 97, it was learned today.
Aug. 18, 1987
Under an anticipated warming sun and the sprawling oaks of Ojai’s Libbey Park, blues fans from all over Southern California will congregate Saturday at the Ojai Bowl for another installment of the popular Bowlful of Blues.
Sept. 5, 1991
Sports
In the latest fallout over the NFL’s controversial drug-testing program, a confidential letter from then-commissioner Pete Rozelle addresses problems in the handling of at least one case.
Sept. 6, 1990
Pop music: The guitarist was leading a big band before Brian Setzer was born. A new album will revisit that era.
Feb. 17, 1997
Archives
Chris Zajac was 34.
Dec. 17, 1989
High School Sports
Clarence Williams, a four-year starter at quarterback for Sylmar, has been named the player of the year from the Valley Mission League.
Dec. 2, 2015
Reginald Hudlin, director of Netflix’s Clarence Avant documentary ‘The Black Godfather,’ on Avant’s legacy, political impact and imprint on Hollywood.
Aug. 16, 2023
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, the singer and guitarist who built a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died Saturday in Orange, Texas, where he had gone to escape Hurricane Katrina.
Sept. 12, 2005