JUST IN: Legendary Music Producer Clive Davis Dead at 94
Grammy-winning legendary music producer Clive Davis has passed away.
He was 94 years old.
Clive Davis, president of Columbia Records, died on Monday, according to his family.
Davis discovered Whitney Houston and other music legends.
Earlier this month, Clive Davis was hospitalized with an upper respiratory infection.
Clive Davis, the hands-on hitmaker with a “golden ear” who brought Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen to the world and revitalized the careers of Carlos Santana, Rod Stewart and Aretha Franklin, died Monday. He was 94.
Davis, most recently chief creative officer of Sony Music Entertainment, a former head of labels Columbia, Arista Records and J Records and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died at his home in New York City, a rep announced. He recently had been hospitalized with an upper respiratory infection.
Through his six-decade career, the music mogul also nurtured such acts as Billy Joel, The Grateful Dead, Alicia Keys, Simon & Garfunkel, Jennifer Hudson, Barry Manilow, Pink Floyd, Earth Wind & Fire, Aerosmith, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Kenny G, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson and Patti Smith, who once said that Davis “has a weakness for the unique performer.”
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