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Quincy Jones Remembered: Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Kamala Harris, Michael Caine & More Pay Tribute To Music Giant — Update


Tributes to Quincy Jones has been flooding in after his passing aged 91, with Michael Caine paying tribute to his "celestial twin."

Caine, who was born just minutes apart from Jones on March 14, 1933, wrote on X: “My celestial twin Quincy was a titan in the musical world. Domingo starred in 2023’s The Color Purple, the musical feature reboot of the 1985 film Jones produced with Steven Spielberg. Jones — a musician, composer, producer and songwriter whose oeuvre spanned seven decades — was behind everything from Michael Jackson’s Thriller to 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.

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