Rest in Peace Quincy Jones: Music Icon and Producer of ‘The Color Purple’, ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Dies at 91

Outstanding music composer and television producer. Quincy Jones passed away. He was 91 years old.

Jones died Sunday (Nov. 3) evening at his home in Bel Air, surrounded by family, according to Jones’ publicist. Hollywood Reporter.

“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of 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 and know there will never be another like him.”

Jones has been involved in several successful projects, including as a producer Steven Spielberg1985 film adaptation Color Purple and a remake in 2023; he helped obtain the rights to adapt classics and actors Oprah Winfrey. He was also an executive producer on MADtv from 1997 to 2009, 1995 sitcom. In the houseAnd Will Smith classical The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He later served as executive producer for the 2022 reboot. Bel Air.

Over the course of his decades-long career, the Hollywood legend has received dozens of awards in music, television and film, including 28 Grammy Awards, the Academy’s Gene Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1995, and an Emmy in 1977 for writing the theme song for Roots: Part 1.

Jones has also won a whopping 28 Grammy Awards, making him the third-most of all time. His career took off after he met Ray Charles as a teenager, which eventually led to collaborations with Count Basie, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie and later Michael Jackson.

Jones suffered two brain aneurysms in 1974, which inspired his loved ones to hold a memorial service. “It didn’t look like I’d make it, so my friends planned a memorial… They had the concert anyway,” he wrote in his 2008 book. The Complete Works of Quincy Jones: My Journey and Passions: Photos, Letters, Memories and More from Q’s Personal Collectionfor TPP.

Jones also directed the recording of “We Are The World” in 1985, which raised millions of dollars for famine victims in Ethiopia. The story of that fateful evening was later chronicled in a Netflix doc. We are the worldwith actual footage of Jackson from that evening, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie and much more in the battle of egos.

Jones is survived by seven children, including Parks and Recreation actress Rashida Jones.

Jones co-directed the Netflix documentary about his unprecedented career called Quincy.