American music icon Quincy Jones dies at 91

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American music icon Quincy Jones dies at 91

Legendary American music icon, Quincy Jones, is confirmed dead after short illness. He died on Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los

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Legendary American music icon, Quincy Jones, is confirmed dead after short illness. He died on Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family, per multiple sources.

Quincy Jones played key role in American music industry for decades as a composer, record producer, artist, film producer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, TV producer, record company executive, magazine founder and multimedia entrepreneur.

He is known as the most influential jazz musician of the 20th century.

As a producer, the super star was best known for working with Micheal Jackson to create the mega-hit albums “Off the Wall,” “Bad” and of course “Thriller” which is the best-selling album of all time.

Jones was active in world music between 1951-2023.

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