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Quincy Jones, the legendary music titan who worked with nearly every icon ... from Michael Jackson to Frank Sinatra to Will Smith ... has died, TMZ has confirmed.

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00:00a really huge loss to the entertainment world,

00:03especially the world of music.

00:05Quincy Jones, dead at 91 years old,

00:10died, his family says, died at his home in Bel Air,

00:13of natural causes.

00:14And someone put it to me this way,

00:17there is not a person on this planet

00:20who hasn't heard a song that Quincy Jones had his hand in.

00:24And you know the first thing he did, right?

00:27The very first thing, the very first big hit, Leslie Gore.

00:31Leslie Gore, who was huge.

00:34That was his first number one hit,

00:35It's My Party in 1963.

00:37And then he produced You Don't Own Me For Her,

00:39Judy's Turn to Cry, all that.

00:40And then of course, Michael Jackson,

00:42he worked with Frank Sinatra,

00:44got Oprah famous by producing the original Color Purple,

00:47produced The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,

00:48got Will Smith to a whole new level of fame.

00:51He's touched so many careers.

00:52He worked with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie

00:54and Count Basie.

00:56There's almost no point in entertainment

00:58that Quincy Jones doesn't affect.

01:00Yeah, and by the way, one of the greatest jobs of producing

01:04that we actually saw most of it on camera,

01:07was producing We Are the World

01:09and getting all of those superstars in one room

01:13and actually being able to produce

01:14and get something out of all of them was amazing to watch.

01:19The two of us went to a thing like five or six years ago

01:23in downtown LA to celebrate Quincy's birthday.

01:26And it was a big thing.

01:27Where was it again?

01:28Staples?

01:29It's now called the Peacock Theater,

01:31but it was something different back then.

01:32And everybody showed up for this thing.

01:35I mean, he was so beloved.

01:37Oprah introduced him.

01:39It was such a huge, it was a really great event.

01:41It showed you, it was one of those nights where,

01:44as they say, it's like where someone gets their flowers

01:47before they pass.

01:49And Quincy got it that night, everyone who came out.

01:53To talk about and share some of their stories about him,

01:58but also perform his music.

02:01It was a great night.

02:01It is amazing what this man accomplished.

02:04Sean Leonard, Boston, Massachusetts.

02:06It's crazy to think about his impact even beyond music,

02:11including the black history.

02:12He was one of the first producers

02:14on major motion pictures.

02:16He just really has done so much.

02:18And it's nice to see celebrities taking acknowledge of that

02:22and paying tribute to him.

02:23I feel for his family, including his daughter,

02:26who's really well known, Rashida Jones.

02:29Yeah.

02:31Yeah, Rashida Jones and Kidada also,

02:33and the whole family.

02:34It's an incredible loss.

02:36By the way, if you are a Quincy Jones fan,

02:38we are gonna have a lot more coverage about this

02:40on a couple of our podcasts.

02:42On Get to the Hook, we're gonna be going over

02:45his whole career.

02:46And on Last Days, they will also be chronicling

02:51Quincy Jones, so.

02:52I could name that tune, It's My Party, in two notes.

02:56I literally.

02:57I have no doubt. Totally.

02:58I would not challenge you on that one.

03:00Yeah.

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