May 15, 2025 CONTACT: Dan Acree (430) 277-0833 [email protected] Brian Avnet, Veteran Artist Manager and Music Executive, Dies at 82 Los Angeles, CA –Brian Avnet, a beloved and respected figure in the entertainment industry whose decades-long career as a personal manager helped shape the success of some of the most iconic artists in music history, died peacefully on May 14, 2025, surrounded by family, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 82 and had been living with Parkinson’s disease for many years. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 16, 1942, to Duke and Beatrice Augusta Avent. He began his entertainment career at the age of 15, working at the newly opened Painters Mill Music Fair in Owings Mills, Maryland. He quickly rose through the ranks to become the venue’s youngest-ever manager, signaling the start of an extraordinary career in show business. He also worked with impresario Lee Guber at Westbury Music Fair on Long Island. Avnet, a graduate of Gettysburg College, also completed an internship in Princeton’s theatrical department. He worked in summer stock theater and shared a New York apartment with future stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, running the ticket booth while the trio pursued their acting