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Quincy Jones remembered by entertainment industry heavyweights as stars reflect on his legacy

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Music titan Quincy Jones is being remembered by entertainment heavyweights as everyone from Will Smith to Elton John pays tribute to Jones, who has died. He was 91.

Quincy Jones is being mourned and celebrated by the entertainment industry with many paying tribute to a man whose career encompassed a multitude of roles.

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who worked with Jones when he was a film producer on the 1985 film The Color Purple as well as the 2023 reboot, posted her "favourite photo" of the two of them to Instagram with a caption stating "I had never experienced, nor have since, anyone who's heart was so filled with love".Jones reached EGOT status — he was part of an exclusive club of artists to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

Jones and Jackson connected when they worked together on the 1978 film The Wiz, which re-imagined The Wizard of Oz with an all-Black cast.Written by Bart Howard in 1954, Fly Me to the Moon was first recorded by Kaye Ballard.

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