(CNN)Jacqueline Avant, a philanthropist and the woman of euphony icon Clarence Avant and mother-in-law to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, was fatally changeable successful her location aboriginal Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for Netflix.
Police person not confirmed the individuality of the unfortunate but successful a connection to CNN said they responded to a telephone regarding a shooting astatine a location successful the Trousdale Estates vicinity of Beverly Hills, California astatine 2:23 a.m. wherever they discovered a pistillate had been shot.
"The suspect(s) were nary longer connected the scene. Beverly Hills Fire Department paramedics transported the unfortunate to a section hospital. Unfortunately, the unfortunate did not survive," according to the BHPD statement.
"Yes, unluckily we tin corroborate that Mrs. Avant was changeable and killed aboriginal this morning," said an email from Netflix.
Beverly Hills constabulary are expected to merchandise further accusation astatine a briefing Wednesday afternoon.
The Avants joined successful 1967 and had 2 children together. Clarence Avant was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year. He was the taxable of the 2019 documentary "The Black Godfather," which looked astatine his governmental influence, philharmonic bequest and enactment with musicians similar Bill Withers and Babyface.
After quality of her death, leaders successful the Los Angeles assemblage paid tribute to Avant.
"I'm heartbroken by this morning's quality of the tragic and shocking execution of Mrs. Jacqueline Avant," Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) said successful a statement. "Mrs. Avant was a unit of compassion and empowerment locally and nationally for decades, arsenic good arsenic a exemplary of work and giving backmost to those who needed it most."
"Cookie and I are perfectly devastated astatine the nonaccomplishment of 1 of our closest friends Jackie Avant," Magic Johnson tweeted. "This is the saddest time successful our lives."
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