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Famed Music Executive Clive Davis Dead At 94 — Reports

The industry A-lister and onetime boss of Columbia Records who embraced genres from rock & roll to early hip-hop and pop was recently hospitalized with respiratory problems.

By Channels Television
Updated June 22, 2026
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Legendary US record producer Clive Davis
Legendary US record producer Clive Davis speaks during the Recording Academy and Clive Davis’ Salute To Industry Icons pre-Grammy gala at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 31, 2026. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP

 

Clive Davis, the pioneering American music executive who made megastars of Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Carrie Underwood, and many others during half a century of shaping modern music, died Monday at age 94, US media reported.

The industry A-lister and onetime boss of Columbia Records, who embraced genres from rock & roll to early hip-hop and pop, was recently hospitalized with respiratory problems, reported the New York Times, which said the Davis family confirmed the death.

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