Quincy Jones, music giant who collaborated with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, died at the age of 91.

Quincy Jones, a legendary musician, has died. He was 91. Arnold Robinson, Quincy Jones‘ spokesperson, notified the Associated Press that he passed on Sunday, November 3, at his Los Angeles home, surrounded by his family.

Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we have to announce the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’s passing,” the family stated in a statement, according to AP. “And although this is an incredible loss for the entire family, we celebrate the wonderful existence that he lived and know there will never be another like him.”

The musician’s children are Rashida Jones, Kidada Jones, Kenya Kinski-Jones, Quincy Jones III, Jolie Jones Levine, Martina Jones, and Rachel Jones. He is also surviving by his grandkids, Isaiah Jones Koenig, Quincy Renzo Delight Jones IV, and Nea Jones. He is godfather of actor-musician Quincy Brown, who is named after the music legend.

Quincy Jones is the second most Grammy-awarded musician of all time, with 28 wins. He has been listed a record 80 times since 1961. The music superstar has won three Grammys for producer of the calendar year and two for album and song of the year.

He averted death in 1974, when he was just 41 years old. The music legend developed a brain aneurysm and had surgery, but he was shortly informed that he had an additional aneurysm that was about to burst. He had surgery again. At the time, he was given a one-in-a-hundred chance of survival.

Jones escaped his violent stepmother’s quarters at the age of 14 to join the National Guard, revealing to GQ in 2018. He says she did not acknowledge him by name until he was 57. He lied and stated he was 18 to join, but he was confronted with outright bigotry. Around this time, he and an entourage of friends were on their way to a rodeo in Yakima when they were hit by a trailway bus. He claims that everyone in the automobile perished except him; the scene was horrible and left him traumatised. He tried driving lessons several years later but “just couldn’t do it” and hasn’t driven since.

Born on March 14, 1933, the Chicago native originally rose to notoriety as a trumpet player in the ensembles of jazz legends Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie.

Jones, a producer and coordinator, has been integral to the success of many music legends, including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, and others. He produced Jackson’s legendary 1982 song “Beat It.” Jones not only produced the song, but he also asked late music prodigy Eddie Van Halen to play the track’s now-legendary guitar solo.

Jones’ 1974 album Body Heat reached the sixth spot on the Billboard 200 list. He has 13 Hot 100 singles and a run of Top 20 albums.

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