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Music executive and movie producer Clarence Avant, known as the "Godfather of Black Music," has passed away at age 92, the New York Times reports. “It is with a heavy heart that the Avant/Sarandos ...

Clarence Avant, the legendary music executive nicknamed the "Godfather of Black Music," died on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 92. The news was confirmed in a statement released by Avant's ...

Long acclaimed as a sculptor, Birmingham, Ala., native Lonnie Holley commenced an astonishing recording career in his 60s, working with indie-rockers like Richard Swift, Matthew E. White and ...