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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2024
Hollywood is mourning the nonaccomplishment of a legend.
Quincy Jones, the Grammy Award-winning producer and composer who worked with countless musicians including Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, has died astatine the property of 91, his publicist Arnold Robinson shared successful a connection Nov. 3.
Jones passed distant astatine his location successful Bel Air, Calif., Robinson noted, and was surrounded by his children, siblings, and adjacent household astatine the clip of his death.
“Tonight, with afloat but breached hearts, we indispensable stock the quality of our begetter and member Quincy Jones’ passing," his household shared successful a connection obtained by NBC News. "And though this is an unthinkable nonaccomplishment for our family, we observe the large beingness that helium lived and cognize determination volition ne'er beryllium different similar him."
"He is genuinely 1 of a benignant and we volition miss him dearly," they continued. "We instrumentality comfortableness and immense pridefulness successful knowing that the emotion and joy, that were the essence of his being, was shared with the satellite done each that helium created. Through his euphony and his boundless love, Quincy Jones’ bosom volition bushed for eternity.”
The Chicago native's awesome vocation arsenic an arranger and compser began successful the mid-1950's and spanned implicit 7 decades successful the amusement industry, moving alongisde artists including Ray Charles, Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
Jones—who is survived by his brother, 2 sisters and his 7 children including actresses Kidada Jones and Rashida Jones—went connected to gain galore accolades including 28 Grammy Awards, cementing him arsenic the 3rd creator to person the astir Grammys ever and nutrient monolithic hits specified arsenic 1985's "We Are The World," a signaling that would spell connected to go the best-selling azygous of each time.
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Additionally, the multi-hyphenate helped to nutrient immoderate of music's astir prolific albums including Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, Bad and Thriller, becoming 1 of the astir palmy and prominent executives successful the industry.
In summation to his stand-out vocation arsenic a composer, grounds producer, and arranger, Jones besides served arsenic a movie producer, conductor, TV producer, grounds institution enforcement and humanitarian.
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