Clive died Monday at his home in New York City … as the New York Times first reported.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The cause of death is unclear … but as we reported, there were concerns about his health just weeks ago when he was\u00a0hospitalized<\/a> in New York with an upper respiratory infection. He was later discharged on June 4 and returned home … with a rep telling TMZ he was in good spirits<\/a> and recovering.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Over a career spanning more than six decades, Clive shaped the sound of popular music from the executive suite, earning a reputation as a kingmaker whose ear for talent changed the industry forever.<\/p>\n For the young kids out there … Clive Davis was a HUGE deal in the biz. On top of discovering Whitney, he founded Bad Boy Records with\u00a0Sean Combs<\/a>. He signed, developed, or championed many of the biggest names in music — including Alicia Keys<\/a>, Janis Joplin<\/a>, Barry Manilow<\/a>, Bruce Springsteen<\/a>, and countless others.<\/p>\n Play video content<\/p>\n He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and became almost as famous for his star-studded annual pre-Grammy gala as he was for discovering talent … and the 200-seat theater at the Grammy Museum is named after him.<\/p>\n Davis also battled Bell’s palsy in 2021, but remained active in the music world well into his 90s.<\/p>\n His impact on the business is difficult to overstate — generations of artists owe part of their success to his guidance and ability to spot a star before the rest of the world caught on.<\/p>\n Clive was 94.<\/p>\n RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clive Davis Dead at 94 Published June 22, 2026 8:44 AM PDT | Updated June 22, 2026 12:22…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-753502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"clive](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2638ebe102fd485e9ad2653a6712613c_md.jpg\")
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