Quincy Jones, the legendary music titan who worked with nearly every icon ... from Michael Jackson to Frank Sinatra to Will Smith ... has died, TMZ has confirmed.
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00:00a really huge loss to the entertainment world,
00:03especially the world of music.
00:05Quincy Jones, dead at 91 years old,
00:10died, his family says, died at his home in Bel Air,
00:13of natural causes.
00:14And someone put it to me this way,
00:17there is not a person on this planet
00:20who hasn't heard a song that Quincy Jones had his hand in.
00:24And you know the first thing he did, right?
00:27The very first thing, the very first big hit, Leslie Gore.
00:31Leslie Gore, who was huge.
00:34That was his first number one hit,
00:35It's My Party in 1963.
00:37And then he produced You Don't Own Me For Her,
00:39Judy's Turn to Cry, all that.
00:40And then of course, Michael Jackson,
00:42he worked with Frank Sinatra,
00:44got Oprah famous by producing the original Color Purple,
00:47produced The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,
00:48got Will Smith to a whole new level of fame.
00:51He's touched so many careers.
00:52He worked with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie
00:54and Count Basie.
00:56There's almost no point in entertainment
00:58that Quincy Jones doesn't affect.
01:00Yeah, and by the way, one of the greatest jobs of producing
01:04that we actually saw most of it on camera,
01:07was producing We Are the World
01:09and getting all of those superstars in one room
01:13and actually being able to produce
01:14and get something out of all of them was amazing to watch.
01:19The two of us went to a thing like five or six years ago
01:23in downtown LA to celebrate Quincy's birthday.
01:26And it was a big thing.
01:27Where was it again?
01:28Staples?
01:29It's now called the Peacock Theater,
01:31but it was something different back then.
01:32And everybody showed up for this thing.
01:35I mean, he was so beloved.
01:37Oprah introduced him.
01:39It was such a huge, it was a really great event.
01:41It showed you, it was one of those nights where,
01:44as they say, it's like where someone gets their flowers
01:47before they pass.
01:49And Quincy got it that night, everyone who came out.
01:53To talk about and share some of their stories about him,
01:58but also perform his music.
02:01It was a great night.
02:01It is amazing what this man accomplished.
02:04Sean Leonard, Boston, Massachusetts.
02:06It's crazy to think about his impact even beyond music,
02:11including the black history.
02:12He was one of the first producers
02:14on major motion pictures.
02:16He just really has done so much.
02:18And it's nice to see celebrities taking acknowledge of that
02:22and paying tribute to him.
02:23I feel for his family, including his daughter,
02:26who's really well known, Rashida Jones.
02:29Yeah.
02:31Yeah, Rashida Jones and Kidada also,
02:33and the whole family.
02:34It's an incredible loss.
02:36By the way, if you are a Quincy Jones fan,
02:38we are gonna have a lot more coverage about this
02:40on a couple of our podcasts.
02:42On Get to the Hook, we're gonna be going over
02:45his whole career.
02:46And on Last Days, they will also be chronicling
02:51Quincy Jones, so.
02:52I could name that tune, It's My Party, in two notes.
02:56I literally.
02:57I have no doubt. Totally.
02:58I would not challenge you on that one.
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