GB News presenters Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster paused the show during a live broadcast to deliver the sad news. The morning duo announced that music legend Quincy Jones had died at the age of 91.
Isabel began: “A little bit of breaking news this hour. We’re hearing that the music legend Quincy Jones has passed away at the age of 91.
“Famous, of course, for collaborating with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and many, many others. It’s sad news.”
Eamonn chimed in: “Including TV programmes. You would have heard the theme music for some of the best TV programmes – he had his fingers in so many pies. He was a writer and composer.”
The presenters went on to list the music producer’s various achievements, including working with Michael Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Will Smith and Beyonce, to name just a few.
Eamonn concluded: “Quincy Jones may he rest in peace.”
Quincy has had a long career in the music industry, spending over seven decades as a composer, musician, producer, and songwriter.
His work included Michael Jackson’s Thriller and frequent collaborations with Frank Sinatra, producing the big-screen adaptation of The Color Purple and composing some of the most memorable film and TV music ever has died.
“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the 28-time Grammy winner’s family said in a statement given to AP. “And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him.”
On Quincy’s long list of accomplishments, he produced Thriller, which won four Grammys and became a cultural milestone. He also produced two more of Jackson’s bestselling albums, Off the Wall and Bad.
In 1964, he arranged and conducted Frank Sinatra’s second album with Count Basie titled It Might as Well Be Swing. Two years later, he collaborated with the singer on the live album Sinatra at the Sands.
Quincy later produced what was to become the singer’s final album, L.A. Is My Lady, in 1984.
The music titan publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.
Time magazine also branded him one the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century, and he amassed an incredible 28 Grammy awards over his 70 years of working in the music industry.
The producer, who wed three times, is survived by his seven children: Jolie, 69; Rachel, 59; Martina, 57; Quincy III, 55; Kidada, 50; Rashida, 48; and Kenya, 31.