Goodbye to Quincy Jones, the legendary musician and producer of Michael Jackson, who died at the age of 91

Quincy Jones is deadone of the major protagonists of American pop music for over half a century. He was 91 years old and passed away amidst the affection of his family in his Bel Air villa in Los Angeles. The news was announced by his agent Arnold Robinson who did not specify the cause of death. Jones, as producer, made the best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”.as well as two other albums such as “Off the Wall” in 1979 and Bad in ’87. He was also a prolific arranger and composer of film music. Starting in the late 1950s, he brought social and professional mobility to a new level in black folk art. Among his collaborations also those in the 50s and 60s with Frank Sinatra and Count Basie and then with Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer and Miles Davis. Among his most successful productions is “We are the World” from 1985the song sung for charity by some of the most famous musicians such as Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner. Dionne Warwick. He also produced the television series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” starring Will Smith. Quincy Jones also won 28 Grammys in his very long career.