Current:Home > ScamsQuincy Jones, Legendary Producer and Music Icon, Dead at 91 -ProgressCapital
Quincy Jones, Legendary Producer and Music Icon, Dead at 91
View
Date:2025-04-13 20:58:39
Hollywood is mourning the loss 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 at the age of 91, his publicist Arnold Robinson shared in a statement Nov. 3.
Jones passed away at his home in Bel Air, Calif., Robinson noted, and was surrounded by his children, siblings, and close family at the time of his death.
“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing," his family shared in a statement obtained by NBC News. "And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him."
"He is truly one of a kind and we will miss him dearly," they continued. "We take comfort and immense pride in knowing that the love and joy, that were the essence of his being, was shared with the world through all that he created. Through his music and his boundless love, Quincy Jones’ heart will beat for eternity.”
The Chicago native's impressive career as an arranger and compser began in the mid-1950's and spanned over seven decades in the entertainment industry, working alongisde artists including Ray Charles, Count Basie and Duke Ellington.
Jones—who is survived by his brother, two sisters and his seven children including actresses Kidada Jones and Rashida Jones—went on to earn numerous accolades including 28 Grammy Awards, cementing him as the third artist to have the most Grammys ever and produce massive hits such as 1985's "We Are The World," a recording that would go on to become the best-selling single of all time.
Additionally, the multi-hyphenate helped to produce some of music's most prolific albums including Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, Bad and Thriller, becoming one of the most successful and prominent executives in the industry.
In addition to his stand-out career as a composer, record producer, and arranger, Jones also served as a film producer, conductor, TV producer, record company executive and humanitarian.
(E! and NBC News are part of the NBCUniversal family.)
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (66)
Related
- The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
- Wife of Grammy winner killed by Nashville police sues city over ‘excessive, unreasonable force’
- 'Love Island Games' Season 1: Release date, cast and trailer for new Peacock show
- NFL trade grades: Breaking down Leonard Williams deal and others through 2023 deadline
- North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
- Halloween weekend shootings across US leave at least 11 dead, scores injured
- Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts
- Americans are still putting way too much food into landfills. Local officials seek EPA’s help
- How breaking emerged from battles in the burning Bronx to the Paris Olympics stage
- Sister Wives' Kody Brown Reflects on Failures He's Had With Polygamy
Ranking
- The Daily Money: Spending more on holiday travel?
- NFL Week 8 winners, losers: Gruesome game for stumbling Giants
- U.N. aid warehouses looted in Gaza as Netanyahu declares second phase in war
- See Kendall Jenner's Blonde Transformation Into Marilyn Monroe for Halloween 2023
- Judge says Mexican ex-official tried to bribe inmates in a bid for new US drug trial
- UN agency in Gaza says urgent ceasefire is `a matter of life and death’ for millions of Palestinians
- Albuquerque’s annual hot air balloon fiesta continues to grow after its modest start 51 years ago
- What makes 'The Real Housewives' so addictive? (Classic)
Recommendation
Where will Elmo go? HBO moves away from 'Sesame Street'
A massive comet some say looks like the Millennium Falcon may be visible from Earth next year
Abuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree?
Charged Lemonade at Panera Bread gets warning label after death of college student
North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
New Missouri Supreme Court judge ensures female majority on the bench
On her 18th birthday, Spain’s Princess Leonor takes another step towards eventually becoming queen
Judge temporarily blocks federal officials from removing razor wire set up by Texas to deter border crossings