Quincy Jones, 91, Spent His Final Days in a Stunning $25 Million Bel-Air Mansion: A Look Inside

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Music producer and ultimate musician Quincy Jones’ contributions to jazz, R&B, and hip-hop spanned over sixty years. He died at his Bel Air home surrounded by his children on Sunday evening. Jones had a reported net worth of $500 million at the time of his death.& Photo via Instagram @quincyjones Most notably producing Michael Jackson’s “Off the Wall,” “Thriller,” and “Bad” albums, Jones began his career as a jazz trumpeter with Lionel Hampton before arranging for Count Basie, Dinah Washington and Ray Charles. He later composed music for films such as “The Color Purple” and of course worked extensively as a music producer.  Jones, who had been a Los Angeles resident for most of his career, was born and raised in Chicago, where he first began playing the piano. His family relocated to Seattle when he was a teenager and he continued to pursue music, attending Seattle University and later Berklee College of Music in Boston. Jones was ready to become a working musician and headed to New York, working with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and recording his own music.& At the time of his death, he was living in the Bel-Air neighborhood, a home he lived in for...

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