Legendary musician Quincy Jones has passed away. He was 91.

Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, told the Associated Press that he died on Sunday, November 3, at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.

“Tonight, it is with full but broken hearts that we share the news of the passing of our father and brother Quincy Jones,” the family said in a statement, per AP. “And while this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the amazing life he lived and know there will never be another like him.”

The musician is survived by children: Rashida Jones, Kidada Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones, Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones Levine, Martina Jones and Rachel Jones. He is also survived by grandchildren: Isaiah Jones Koenig, Quincy Renzo Delight Jones IV and Nea Jones. He is godfather to actor-musician Quincy Brown who is named after the great music.

With 28 wins, Jones is the second most Grammy award-winning artist of all time; he has been nominated 80 times since 1961. The music icon has won three Grammys for producer of the year and has received two Grammy Awards each for album and song. of the year.

He escaped death in 1974, when he was only 41 years old. The music extraordinaire had a brain aneurysm and underwent brain surgery, but was told shortly afterwards that he had a second aneurysm that was about to explode. He was operated on again. At the time he was told he had a one in a hundred chance of surviving.

At age 14, Jones fled the quarters of his abusive stepmother — who he said did not call him by name until age 57 — to join the National Guard, he revealed to GQ in 2018. He lied and said he was 18 to participate, but faced extreme racism. During this time, he and a group of friends were on their way to a rodeo in Yakima when a trailway bus hit them. He says everyone in the car died except him; the scene was gruesome and left him traumatized. A few years later he tried to take driving lessons, but he “just couldn’t do it” and has never driven again since.

The native Chicagoan, born on March 14, 1933, first gained fame as a trumpeter in bands of jazz greats such as Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie.

As a producer and arranger, Jones is partially behind the success of several music giants, including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin and more. He is the producer of Jackson’s iconic 1982 classic ‘Beat It’. Not only did Jones produce the hit, he also enlisted late music virtuoso Eddie Van Halen to perform the song’s now legendary guitar solo.

Jones’ 1974 album Body heat peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 chart. He has released 13 Hot 100 songs and a string of Top 20 albums.