Yahoo Lifestyle Quincy Jones’ Cause Of Death Revealed
After the EGOT died at age 91 earlier this month, Quincy Jones‘ cause of death has been determined.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health revealed in Jones’ death certificate that he died of pancreatic cancer, with no other contributing factors, according to TMZ.
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Jones’ publicist Arnold Robinson previously announced that he died on Sunday, Nov. 3 at his Bel-Air home.
“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” said Jones’ family in a statement. “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.”
The musician, composer, producer and songwriter was behind such Michael Jackson albums as Thriller, Off the Wall (1980), Thriller (1982) and Bad (1987), as well as decades of work with Frank Sinatra, conducting his and Count Basie’s It Might as Well Be Swing (1964), as well as Sinatra at the Sands (1966) and his final album L.A. Is My Lady (1984).
A father of seven including Parks and Recreation and Angie Tribeca alum Rashida Jones, he wrote music and scores for dozens of films, including In the Heat of the Night, In Cold Blood, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, The Out-of-Towners, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs, The Wiz and The Color Purple. Jones also produced the latter (his first such film credit) and its 2023 reimagining. His 1962 song ‘Soul Bossa Nova’ later became the theme for 1997’s Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Jones played himself in the film’s 2002 sequel, Goldmember.
On the small screen, Jones EP’d The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Mad TV, The Jenny Jones Show and the Oscars – in 1996 – and wrote music or scores for Ironside, The Bill Cosby Show, Roots, Mad TV and, most famously, Sanford & Son.
In 1985, he was a driving force behind ‘We Are the World’, producing the single with Michael Omartian to raise money for those beset by famine in Ethiopia. Among the artists who participated were Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen and Tina Turner.
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