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    Hollywood mourns a musical icon.

    Quincy Jones, the legendary producer who worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and more artists, died on Sunday, his publicist confirmed. He was 91.

    Jones, who produced Jackson’s iconic album “Thriller” and the charity song “We Are the World,” won nearly 30 Grammys during his career, received multiple Oscar nominations for his film scores and received a National Medal of Arts. He is survived by seven children, including actress Rashida Jones.

    Tributes soon poured in from those who worked with Jones or were simply inspired by his music. LL Cool J remembered the producer as a “father and example at a time when I really needed a father and example,” as well as a “mentor,” “role model” and “king.” The rapper previously said that Jones gave him “a lot of playing and insight early on in my career.”

    “Music wouldn’t be music without you,” he wrote on Instagram. “My condolences to the entire family. I love you. Rest forever in the sweetest music.”

    Michael Caine, whose 1969 film “The Italian Job” was scored by Jones, remembered his “Celestial twin” as “a titan in the musical world.” Caine and Jones both share the same birthday, March 14, and Jones previously noted on Facebook that they are “on the same day, month, year and even HOUR!”

    “He was an amazing and unique human being and was lucky to have known him,” Caine said on X.

    Colman Domingo recalled that he was “so excited” when he met Jones that he “literally knelt because he was a king.” He also thanked Jones, who worked as a producer on Domingo’s 2023 film “The Color Purple,” for “giving us all the sound.”

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    Darius Rucker described “my friend” Jones as “one of the all-time greats” and wrote on X that the “world will miss him”.

    Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis noted that she has a personal connection with Jones, who bought the house she grew up in and raised his family there. “The idea that his children were running and playing in the same beautiful, rustic setting with eucalyptus trees makes me so happy,” she said on Instagram.

    Gloria Estefan also said on Instagram that the “world is different today” because Jones, her daughter Emily’s godfather, is “not in it anymore.”

    “Throughout his life, on every stage and stage, he changed our existence for the better with every musical note he created and everyone he touched with his love,” Estefan wrote. “I feel privileged to have been in his sphere and to experience firsthand the wonder that ‘Q’ was and always will be, Mr. Quincy Jones.”

    Katie Couric shared a photo of herself with the music producer on Instagram, memorializing him as “one of the greats.” Tyler Perry also posted a photo with Jones and said his heart was “broken” by the loss.

    “I was so honored to know you, Q, and to be able to dedicate a soundstage to you,” Perry said. “You not only brought music and light, but you also shared so much of your wisdom with me. I’m going to miss you, my friend. Sending prayers to your entire family.”

    Lin-Manuel Miranda said “a genius has left us” and noted that he is “grateful for all he gave us”, while Josh Gad thanked Jones for “taking thriller rides, flying to the moon and reminding us that indeed, we are the world.”

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    Isaac Hayes III, son of Isaac Hayes, also reflected on the fact that Jones did not produce Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” until he was in his late 40s. “Undoubtedly one of the greatest achievements of his life and of all time was done at a midpoint in his life,” Hayes wrote.

    “There is so much emphasis on achieving things at such a young age, which leaves many people feeling like it’s too late to be great or find yourself. That’s not the case. Quincy Jones should always be an inspiration serve to keep pushing.” be your best and stay alive through the whole process.”

    Contributions: Reuters

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