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Singer Kelly Clarkson has ended her high-profile feud with her record label boss Clive Davis, calling him “one of the great record men of all time”.
Arguments over material on her new album My December were thought to have caused the Grammy-winning vocalist to have fallen out with the BMG chairman.

On her website, she called Davis an “important force” in her success.

“I really regret how this has turned out and I apologise to those whom I have done disservice,” she said.

“I want my band, my advisors, those close to me and my record label to be one big, tightly-knit family,” Clarkson wrote.

“Like any family we will disagree and argue sometimes but, in the end, it’s respect and admiration that will keep us together.”

Davis, who is credited with launching the careers of stars like Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys, “has also given me respect by releasing my new album when he was not obligated to do so”, Clarkson added.

Sharon Osbourne’s music mogul father Don Arden has died at the age of 81.

Dubbed the Al Capone of Pop for his uncompromising business practices, he steered acts like ELO, The Small Faces and Black Sabbath to stardom.

Osbourne became estranged from her father after fighting him for control of husband Ozzy Osbourne’s career.

The pair were reconciled in 2002 after Arden developed Alzheimer’s disease. Osbourne’s spokesman said her father had died in a Los Angeles nursing home.

Born Harry Levy in Manchester in 1926, the future music manager set his sights on a show business career at an early age.

In the years following World War II, he established himself as a singer in the West End and on radio.

After marrying Hope Shaw in 1950, he pursued a more stable income by arranging tours for US acts like Gene Vincent and Little Richard.

This eventually led him into artist management, and he developed a reputation for having a fierce temper.

He became notorious for a 1966 incident where he reportedly hung rival manager Robert Stigwood from a fourth-floor balcony for trying to lure away one of his acts, The Small Faces.