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LA Times Today: Former ambassador, producer, activist and now author Nicole Avant joins the L.A. Times Festival of Books

LA Times Today: Former ambassador, producer, activist and now author Nicole Avant joins the L.A. Times Festival of Books

Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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It was December 1, 2021, around 2:30 in the morning, when a burglar entered the home of legendary music executive Clarence Avant and his wife Jacqueline. After confronting the intruder in her home, Jacky was shot and later died at the hospital – ripping a hole through the heart of her family and the entire community.

Her daughter Nicole, former U.S. ambassador, producer, activist and now author, worked through her loss – page by page – in her book, “Think You’ll Be Happy: Moving Through Grief With Grit Grace And Gratitude.”

Nicole joined Lisa McRee with more.

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