The Times podcast: The life and legacy of Jacqueline Avant

Jacqueline Avant was a force many times over in Black Los Angeles and beyond. She was a renowned philanthropist, a political king and queen maker, a patron of the arts. She was also a wife, mother, friend to community activists and U.S. presidents alike. Last week, an intruder fatally shot her in her Beverly Hills home. Tributes from across the world have poured in to mark a life ended too soon.

Today, we devote our episode to the life and legacy of Jacqueline Avant, who was 81 years old.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times crime reporter Richard Winton and philanthropist Mattie McFadden-Lawson

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