This is very sad news that risks shaking the world of Music. At 91, the most legendary music producer and musician, Quincy Jones has passed away. A beautiful life, and above all a very full one. Music, work, extraordinary encounters. That of Michael Jackson in particular, with whom Quincy Jones worked at length. We owe him many albums which have marked the music industry such as Off The Wall, Thriller or Bad. But also Franck Sinatra or Ray Charlesto name just a few of these legends. Even Generation Z is not unaware of the name Quincy Jones. Some admire his work, others are fans of his daughter, Rashida Jones, star of the cult series The Officeamong others.
Quincy Jones died on the night of Sunday November 3 to Monday November 4, 2024, as announced by his family in a press release relayed by the Associated Press agency. Quincy Jones has always been considered one of music's greatest producers. The number of Grammy Awards won during his career, we are talking here about 28, is there to bear witness to this. “Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of the passing of our father and brother Quincy Jones“, declared those close to him. Relatives including his daughter Rashida Jones, became a mother for the first time at 42.
Quincy Jones: who is his daughter Rashida Jones, the anti-nepo baby?
Some people still don't know it because the artist has managed to make a name for himself in the profession. And yet, she is indeed the daughter of this late mentor. She is one of those celebrities who we forget that they have the label of no baby. “I had parents who were in the public eye, but they were extremely protective of us“, she told InStyle on this subject. Daughter of Quincy Jones and model Peggy Lipton, the star of The Office mourns today the loss of the one who meant so much in his life. And who pushed her to become an actress. “My dad said to me when I graduated from college, 'Are you going to stand in line with 70,000 other people to get a job? This doesn't seem very practical to me.“, she had notified.
Since then, thanks to her father's legendary flair, people have been able to appreciate the innate talent of Rashida Jones in series like Parks and Recreation, The Officebut also in films I love you Man et Celeste and Jesse Forever. If she is a recognized actress, she therefore remains a discreet heiress, whose parentage is sometimes still unknown to most people.
Death of Quincy Jones: who are his heirs?
A legacy which is likely to be significant. Recall that in 2017, the star producer won $9.4 million in damages in Los Angeles court, he who had sued a company managing Michael Jackson's inheritance. He who helped to design the legendary album Thriller as well as Bad claimed some $30 million in unpaid royalties for the use of titles in the film This is it and two Cirque du Soleil shows. For this, he sued MJJ Productions Inc, one of the companies managing Jackson's inheritance, in October 2013.
A colossal inheritance that Rashida Jones will have to share with her father's other children, her sister Kidada Jones, but also her half-brother and sisters, Quincy Jones III, Kenya Kinski-Jones, Jolie Jones Levine, Martina Jones, and Rachel Jones.
