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Music legend Quincy Jones dies at 91

Legendary music producer Quincy Jones has died at the age of 91.

Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, said he “passed away peacefully” on Sunday night at his home in Bel Air.

Jones produced Michael Jackson’s album Off the Wall, which sold 20 million copies, and worked on the pop star’s follow-ups, Thriller and Bad.

He also worked with Jackson and 45 of America’s most popular singers at the time to record 1985’s We Are the World to raise money for those suffering from famine in Ethiopia.

During the course of his career of over 75 years, he won 28 Grammy awards and was named as one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by Time magazine.

His family on Sunday said, “Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing. 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.”

Jones also worked closely with Frank Sinatra early in his career and reworked the crooner’s classic Fly Me To The Moon, taking it from a waltz to a swing.

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