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Quincy Jones's Cause Of Death Revealed


The iconic music producer and composer died earlier this month at 91 years old.

Legendary music producer and composer Quincy Jones died from pancreatic cancer, confirms a death certificate from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health that was obtained Wednesday by multiple media outlets. He not only composed the acclaimed score for Roots and the beloved theme song for Sanford and Son, but collaborated with Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra and produced Michael Jackson’s "Thriller." A child of divorce with an early passion for music, Jones started out in the school choir in Bremerton, Washington, outside Seattle at 10 years old — only to stick with it into adulthood to win 28 Grammys and become one of the first successful Black executives in Hollywood.

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