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== Personal life == Davis has been married and divorced twice. He was married to Helen Cohen from 1956 to 1965 and to Janet Adelberg from 1965 to 1985. He has four children: Fred (born 1960), a prominent media investment banker,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/fred-davis-the-raine-group-industry-dealmaker-interview-8506624/|title=Meet Fred Davis, One of the Industry's Biggest Dealmakers (And, Yes, Clive's Son)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Fred|last=Goodman|date=April 11, 2019|access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> Lauren (born 1962), an entertainment attorney and arts professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Mitchell (born 1970), and [[Doug Davis (businessman)|Doug Davis]] (born 1974), a music executive and Grammy award-winning record producer.Β <ref>{{Cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/centennial-shoulder-to-shoulder-tribute-8528703/|title=Harry Belafonte, Rosanne Cash, Karrin Allyson Celebrate 'Centennial Tribute to Women's Suffrage': Exclusive|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Melinda|last=Newman|date=August 29, 2019|access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> Davis has eight grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clive Davis' Grandkids Unaware About His Bisexuality|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/clive-davis/news/clive-davis-grandkids-unaware-about-his-bisexuality_3513428|access-date=January 2, 2024|publisher=[[World Entertainment News Network]]|via=[[Contactmusic.com]]|date=February 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/fashion/weddings/on-again-off-again-and-with-a-nudge-now-on-forever.html|title=On Again, Off Again, and With a Nudge, Now On Forever|first=Alix|last=Strauss|author-link=Alix Strauss|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> In 2013, at the age of 80, Davis publicly came out as [[bisexual]] in his autobiography ''The Soundtrack of My Life''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clive Davis Gets Candid About Bisexuality In 'Soundtrack Of My Life' Memoir |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/a8a2qe/clive-davis-bisexuality-soundtrack-of-life-memoir |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604232949/https://www.mtv.com/news/a8a2qe/clive-davis-bisexuality-soundtrack-of-life-memoir |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=MTV |language=en}}</ref> On the daytime talk show ''[[Katie (talk show)|Katie]]'', he told host [[Katie Couric]] that he hoped his coming out would lead to "greater understanding" of bisexuality.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Clive Davis Comes Out of the Closet on ''Katie''|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/clive-davis-comes-closet-katie-422277/|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 18, 2013|access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> The autobiography was the basis for the two-hour documentary ''[[Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives]]''.
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