Quincy Jones and Martina Jones John Sciulli/Getty Pictures for i.am.angel Basis
Quincy Jones made a heartwarming ultimate public declaration earlier than his loss of life at 91 on Sunday, November 3.
The legendary music producer marked his daughter Martina Jones’ 58th birthday on Friday, November 1, with a candy message through Instagram.
“Glad Birthday to my Tina Beena @martinafotos1!! 🎉. So proud to be yo papa! Massive hug, I really like you eternally 🫶🏾💜,” Jones captioned a photograph of him and Martina simply two days earlier than he died surrounded by his family members in Los Angeles.
Jones died Sunday evening at his residence within the Bel Air space of Los Angeles, his publicist Arnold Robinson stated, per a number of retailers together with The Hollywood Reporter and the Related Press.
Hollywood mourned many celebrities in 2024. Velocity Racer star Christian Oliver (born Christian Klepser) died on the age of 51 throughout a deadly airplane crash on January 5. Oliver was touring residence from a Caribbean trip together with his two daughters — Madita and Annik, whom he shared with spouse Jessica Klepser — on January 4. […]
“Tonight, with full however damaged hearts, we should share the information of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing. And though that is an unbelievable loss for our household, we have a good time the good life that he lived and know there’ll by no means be one other like him,” Jones’ household stated in a press release.
Jones shared Martina and son Quincy III, 55, together with his second spouse, actress Ulla Andersson. He additionally shared a daughter, Jolie, 71, together with his first spouse Jeri Caldwell, daughter Rachel, 61, with ex-girlfriend Carol Reynolds, daughters Kidada, 50, and actress Rashida, 48, with third spouse Peggy Lipton, and daughter Kenya, 31, with ex-girlfriend Nastassja Kinski.
Again in March, Martina shared her personal candy birthday submit through Instagram to mark her dad’s 91st birthday.
They could be massive pictures within the musical trade now, however each star has had a primary time on the Grammys. From Girl Gaga’s spiky headdress to Justin Timberlake’s perm, listed below are essentially the most memorable first Grammys appearances.
“Awwww this stunning human being turns 91 at this time or possibly as he stated we are able to flip it to 19 … principally age is nothing however a quantity proper?” Martina wrote alongside a selfie of her and Jones. “Glad Birthday as I’m humbled to have the ability to name you ‘D’ ❤️ Saying the phrases ‘I really like you’ don’t appear to be sufficient as you fill my coronary heart with such pleasure that I can’t clarify it … my world is a greater place with you in it. Thanks for being you … Love at all times your ‘Lovebug, Ladybird and Kittycat’ aka Bina.”
Jones was finest recognized for his work with the likes of Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin. Amongst his profession highlights was producing Jackson’s Thriller — the best-selling album in historical past.
“Musically, we knew we had ‘it’ with Thriller. To this present day I can hear artists making an attempt to copy its sonic energy,” Jones stated in an interview with the Library of Congress in June 2016. “It’s no accident that greater than three a long time later irrespective of the place I’m going on this planet, in each membership, like clockwork on the witching hour you hear ‘Billie Jean,’ ‘Beat It,’ ‘Wanna Be Beginning One thing,’ and ‘Thriller.’ In each language on the planet, from jail yards in Thailand to Thrilltheworld.com, Thriller remains to be giving folks ‘goosebumps.’ It’s fairly astounding and really satisfying as an artist.”