Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

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Mahes

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He was an interesting man. He was a titan in the music industry.

Here are some fun facts about Quincy Jones:
  • Record label executive: Jones was the first African-American to become an executive at a major US record label, becoming the vice president of Mercury Records in 1964.


  • Brain aneurysm: Jones narrowly survived a life-threatening brain aneurysm in 1974.



  • Driving: Jones has never learned to drive.



  • Neighbors with Picasso: Jones was a neighbor of Pablo Picasso in Paris in the late 1950s.



  • Arranger: Jones arranged some of the most iconic hits of the 1960s, including "Mad About The Boy" by Dinah Washington and "Fly Me To The Moon" by Frank Sinatra.



  • "We Are the World": Jones produced the all-star recording of "We Are the World" in 1985.



  • Michael Jackson: Jones collaborated with Michael Jackson on the albums Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad.



  • "Ironside" theme: Jones' theme from the hit TV series Ironside was the first synthesizer-based pop theme song.



  • "Back on the Block": Jones' 1989 album Back on the Block fused be bop and hip hop musical traditions.



  • Awards: Jones has won 28 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award, and has been nominated for 80 Grammys. He has also won an Emmy and has been nominated for four Emmys.



  • Childhood: Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Bremerton, Washington at the age of 10.
 
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Chukzombi

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I told the story in another thread, my best friend is a musician and we would go into the city and he would rehearse in the studio with his band at various locations. One was across the street from Central Park. We got there at 1130 pm and still had to wait because the lead singer of Wanted Dead Or Alive was taking his time. So we waited at our cars and we're goofing around and laughing at stuff (like being bumped by the "spin you round like a record, baby" guy). Suddenly this older lady walking her dog approached and informed us that this was a quiet neighborhood and we needed to keep it down. That lady was Terri Garr and nobody recognized her, but me. She really wasn't a big celeb, but her movies were memorable. She was also on TOS Star Trek.
 
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Jackie Treehorn

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Chukzombi said:
I told the story in another thread, my best friend is a musician and we would go into the city and he would rehearse in the studio with his band at various locations. One was across the street from Central Park. We got there at 1130 pm and still had to wait because the lead singer of Wanted Dead Or Alive was taking his time. So we waited at our cars and we're goofing around and laughing at stuff (like being bumped by the "spin you round like a record, baby" guy). Suddenly this older lady walking her dog approached and informed us that this was a quiet neighborhood and we needed to keep it down. That lady was Terri Garr and nobody recognized her, but me. She really wasn't a big celeb, but her movies were memorable. She was also on TOS Star Trek.
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Terri Garr was pretty big back in her day at least. I have a lot of fun memories of watching things like Mr. Mom as a kid, Young Frankenstein, etc.
 
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