Entertainment icon Clive Davis, who shaped modern music as founder of Arista Records and president of Columbia Records, died on Monday, family members told NBC News.
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He was 94.
The man with the magic ear has been associated with some of the biggest names in music history.
He’s fostered the careers of icons and hitmakers such as Whitney Houston, Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin and Kelly Clarkson.
Davis won four Grammys in his long career — in 2000 for best rock album and album of the year (both for Santana’s “Supernatural”); in 2006 for best pop vocal album Clarkson’s “Breakaway”) and in 2009 for best R&B album (Jennifer Hudson’s self-titled work).
Davis cast a wide shadow over all of American popular culture, with his pre-Grammys party one of the must-attend social events of the year for music movers and shakers.
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