Quincy Jones, a music mogul whose career in the industry spanned more than seven decades, died Sunday night at the age of 91, his publicist Arnold Robinson confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Jones was surrounded by his children, siblings and immediate family at his home in Bel Air, California. No further details about his death are being released at this time as the family requests privacy “at this time of great mourning,” Robinson said.

The following statement was provided by the Jones family:

“Tonight, it is with full but broken hearts that we share the news of the passing of our father and brother Quincy Jones. And while this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the amazing life he lived and know that there will never be another life. like him, he is truly unique and we will miss him dearly; we take comfort and immense pride in knowing that the love and joy that was the essence of his being was shared with the world through everything he created. Through his music and his boundless love, Quincy Jones’ heart will beat forever.”

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Legendary music producer and composer Quincy Jones died Sunday at his home in Bel Air, California, surrounded by his family. He was 91. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night)

Jones, who was the first popular conductor-arranger to record with a Fender bass in the mid-1950s, has worked with many iconic artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to Ray Charles and Michael Jackson.

He produced and conducted the best-selling single of all time in “We Are The World”, and three of Jackson’s albums, including the best-selling album of all time, Thriller. He also worked with Sinatra for three years as a conductor and arranger, creating the famous arrangement of “Fly Me To The Moon”.

Jones, who has an impressive resume in the music and film industries dating back to the 1950s, is one of the few artists to have earned an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. (Isa Foltin/Getty Images)

Jones started as vice president of Mercury Records in 1961, becoming the first black executive of a major record company, and held that position for a few years before entering the film industry, where he also became very successful. He co-produced “The Color Purple” with Steven Spielberg in 1985, earning 11 Oscar nominations, and in 1991 he helped launch the hit series “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” as an executive producer.

Jones also founded Quincy Jones Entertainment, a co-venture with Time Warner, Inc., and the Quincy Jones Media Group during his decades in the entertainment industry.

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Jones’ work has earned him hundreds of awards, including an Emmy, seven Oscar nominations, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 28 Grammy Awards and 80 nominations, and NARAS’ prestigious Trustees’ Award and The Grammy Living Legend. Award. He also received various international prizes and honorary doctorates.

He was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2001, recognized as a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2008, and in 2010 received the National Medal of Arts – America’s highest artistic honor.

Jones was not only a titan in the music and film industries, but also a best-selling author known for his decades of humanitarian work. (A&M Records/Getty Images)

In 2016, Jones won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for the Broadway production of “The Color Purple” and joined a very exclusive club of artists who have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.

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Jones was also a bestselling author and longtime humanitarian, with notable charity work beginning in the 1960s.

He is survived by seven children and three siblings.