The music world is in mourning: Quincy Jones, known for his collaborations with Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles and for producing Michael Jackson's best-selling album, "Thriller," has died at the age of 91. Jones, an American arranger, producer, and composer, died Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.
“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must announce the passing of our father and brother Quincy Jones,” the family said in a statement. “And while this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life he lived knowing that there will never be another like him.”
In his long career, spanning more than 60 years, Jones has rubbed shoulders with presidents and foreign leaders, movie stars and musicians, philanthropists and entrepreneurs.
He toured with Count Basie and Lionel Hampton, arranged records for Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, composed the soundtracks to 'Roots' and 'In the Heat of the Night,' organized the first celebration of U.S. President Bill Clinton, and supervised the recording of the 1985 charity song 'We Are the World' for famine relief in Africa.
He was also an executive producer of the TV series 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,' which launched Will Smith, and won 26 Grammys out of 76 nominations, as well as a Grammy Legend Award in 1991.
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