LOS ANGELES,  – The wife of the man known as the “godfather of Black music” was shot and killed Wednesday in a break-in at the couple’s Beverly Hills home, police said. Jacqueline Avant, 81, was found in her home with fatal gunshot wounds, Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook told a press conference. Avant was the wife of Clarence Avant, a music executive with stints at Motown and other labels who helped mentor an array of African American artists and was inducted earlier this year into the Rock and Roll … Continue reading Wife of ‘godfather of Black music’ fatally shot in Beverly Hills home