WEEKEND LISTENING: Nicole Avant on Why She Forgave Her Mother’s Murderer
Nicole Avant speaks onstage at the Grammy Museum in L.A. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
The former U.S. ambassador and daughter of the music industry’s ‘Black Godfather’ discusses grief, grace, and her radical response to a shocking crime.
On November 30, 2021, Nicole Avant got a call from her husband in the middle of the night. The unthinkable had happened. Her otherwise healthy 81-year-old mom, Jacqueline Avant, was in critical condition at the hospital.
Jacqueline had been having an ordinary evening at her home in Beverly Hills when a man broke into her home in an attempted robbery. He…
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