Quincy Jones
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Birth name
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Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr.
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Born
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March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Died
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November 3, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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Years Active
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1951-2024
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Roles
Guest Starring Roles
Producer
Composer
Awards and Accolades
(27 Wins in 79 Nominations)
- Won: Album of the Year (1991)
- Back on the Block
Family
- Has seven children, including Quincy Jones III and actress Rashida Jones
- His father, Quincy Delight Jones Sr. was a semi-professional baseball player and carpenter and his mother, Sarah worked as a bank officer & an apartment complex manager
- Had a younger brother, Lloyd, who died in 1998
- Attended the Berklee College of Music on a scholarship
- Traveled with jazz bandleader Lionel Hampton in Europe when he was 19 years old
- Was married to actress Peggy Lipton from 1974 to 1990
- Dated actress Nastassja Kinski; together, they have a daughter, Kenya (born in 1993)