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Quincy Jones’ Health: How He Managed Brain Aneurysms & Diabetic Coma

The late Grammy Award-winning record producer battled several health issues throughout his life.

“Back in 1974, I suffered an aneurysm (a weakness in the main artery to the brain that caused it to pop) & it felt like a shotgun was fired inside of my head [sic],” the late jazz artist wrote. Getty Images“During this time, it didn’t look too promising, so my friends planned a memorial service for me at The Shrine in LA, & I basically attended my own funeral [sic],” Jones admitted. The “Heaven’s Girl” artist concluded his Facebook post by writing, “I can truthfully say that I’ve attended my own funeral at age 41 & my own birthday celebration at 85, & I’d take the second over the first, any time [sic]!

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