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Actress Rashida Jones honored her late father, music producer Quincy Jones, on Thursday by expressing on social media that he was a genius and a “culture shifter.”

Quincy Jones passed away on Sunday at the age of 91. His family released a statement describing it as “an incredible loss” and expressed their intention to “celebrate the great life that he lived, knowing there will never be another like him.”

On social media Thursday, the daughter of the music icon shared, “My dad was nocturnal throughout his adult life. He maintained ‘jazz hours’ since high school and never changed that. When I was a child, I would wake up in the middle of the night looking for him. He would always be somewhere in the house, composing (the traditional way, with a pen and sheet music). He never sent me back to bed. He would smile and pull me into his arms while he continued his work…there was no safer place in the world for me.”

The Parks and Rec star continued by saying her father “was a giant. An icon. A culture shifter. A genius,” noting that these titles were “all accurate descriptions of my father, but his music (and ALL of his work) was a channel for his love. He WAS love.”

She concluded, “He made everyone he ever met feel loved and seen. That’s his legacy. I was fortunate enough to experience this love up close. I’ll miss his hugs, kisses, unconditional devotion, and advice. Daddy, it is an honor to be your daughter. Your love lives forever.”

Jones received the Motion Picture Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1995, the Grammy Legend Award in 1991, and a total of 28 Grammys from an all-time best of 80 nominations. He was set to receive an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards on November 17.

His six-decade career included producing Michael Jackson’s best-selling albums such as Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad, as well as working on Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation of The Color Purple, featuring a young Oprah Winfrey.

In her own tribute, Winfrey referred to the producer as “My beloved Q,” stating that “My life changed forever for the better after meeting him” and that “he walked around with his heart wide open, treating everyone as if they were the most important person he’d ever met. He was the Light. No shadows.”

 

Person: Rashida Jones, Quincy Jones, Oprah Winfrey
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Titles: Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, The Color Purple

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