{"id":6383,"date":"2026-06-22T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/music-mogul-clive-davis-all-smiles-during-last-public-appearance-before-death\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:39:14","slug":"music-mogul-clive-davis-all-smiles-during-last-public-appearance-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/music-mogul-clive-davis-all-smiles-during-last-public-appearance-before-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Music mogul Clive Davis all smiles during last public appearance before death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131842377.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Music mogul Clive Davis was last publicly seen at a star-studded fundraising event weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/celebrity-news\/music-mogul-clive-davis-dead-at-94\/\">before his tragic death.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Arista Records founder\u00a0stepped out to the\u00a0Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction\u00a0hosted in New York City on May 19.<\/p>\n<p>He was all smiles while sharing a table with music icons Alicia Keys, Chance the Rapper and Swizz Beatz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Clive Davis was last pictured at a fundraising event before his death. (Seen here: Davis at The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Gordon Parks Foundation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The music producer attended The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction in New York City on May 19. (Seen here: Davis with Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Gordon Parks Foundation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Davis also posed alongside Huma Abedin and Salamishah Tillet\u00a0at his table.<\/p>\n<p>He looked dapper for the outing, wearing a classic suit and tie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He appeared in good spirits for the outing. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Davis also posed with Huma Abedin and Salamishah Tillet. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0A cause of death hasn\u2019t been revealed, however, the businessman was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/30\/celebrity-news\/clive-davis-94-hospitalized-in-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hospitalized on May 29<\/a> \u2014 just 10 days after the event.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, he was admitted to the hospital after suffering from \u201can upper respiratory infection and out of an abundance of caution,\u201d an insider told TMZ.<\/p>\n<p>Davis was expected to be released 24 hours later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The businessman was also joined by Chance the Rapper. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Gordon Parks Foundation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Davis died on Monday. (Seen above L-R: Sharon Osbourne, Davis and Michele Anthony). <span class=\"credit\">Billboard via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The iconic producer \u2014 who worked with Whitney Houston, Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs and Kelly Clarkson \u2014 was previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/02\/23\/clive-davis-diagnosed-with-bells-palsy-postpones-grammys-bash\/\">diagnosed with Bell\u2019s Palsy<\/a>\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ninds.nih.gov\/health-information\/disorders\/bells-palsy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke<\/a> defined the condition as \u201ca neurological disorder that causes paralysis or weakness on one side of the face,\u201d leading to partial facial paralysis,  \u201ca drooping eyebrow and mouth\u201d and trouble closing one eye.<\/p>\n<p>Following Davis\u2019 diagnosis, his rep shared that he was \u201cexpected to recover within six to eight weeks\u201d with the help of \u201cantibiotics and steroids.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>His cause of death is unknown. (Seen here: Davis in January). <span class=\"credit\">Billboard via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Arista Records founder was 94. (Seen here: George Clooney and Davis in November). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Davis kick-started his career in the music industry in his late 20s in the 1960s and was appointed Columbia Records president in 1967 when he was 35.<\/p>\n<p>His first major signing was Janis Joplin\u2019s band Big Brother and the Holding Company after discovering the group at the Monterey Pop Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Davis later founded his own company, Arista Records, in 1974, and then\u00a0J Records in 2000.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/celebrity-news\/music-mogul-clive-davis-all-smiles-during-last-public-appearance-before-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music mogul Clive Davis was last publicly seen at a star-studded fundraising event weeks before<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131842377.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}