Music mogul Quincy Jones, who labored with everybody from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson to Will Smith, has died on the age of 91 in his Bel Air, California, dwelling.
After 70 years within the music and movie trade, he left a legacy of greatness, contributing to quite a few historic tasks and lending a hand to the careers of a number of people who went on to create legacies of their very own.
Identical to his music profession, Quincy’s romantic life was fairly busy.
He had been married thrice earlier than succumbing to the bachelor way of life in his later years.
1. Jeri Caldwell (Married 1957 – 1966)
His first spouse, Jeri Caldwell, was his highschool sweetheart whom he married in 1957, 4 years after welcoming their first little one, Jolie, in 1953. However a few decade later, Jones had an affair with one other lady by the title of Carol Reynolds, which led to the start of his second little one, Rachel Jones. He and Caldwell divorced in 1966.
2. Carol Reynolds (Fling 1963)
That very same yr, Jones met Swedish mannequin, Ulla Andersson at a Frank Sinatra social gathering, and the 2 hit it off and ended up having their daughter, Martina Jones. In 1968, they welcomed their son, Quincy Delight Jones III, which ended up being Quincy’s solely son. The 2 known as their relationship quits in 1974.
3. Ulla Andersson (Married 1967-1974)
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4: Peggy Lipton (Married 1974-1990)
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Not lengthy after that, Quincy went on to marry actress and mannequin, Peggy Lipton, in 1974. In Quincy Jones: Within the Pocket, Lipton revealed that she first met Quincy when he was nonetheless married to Andersson. She mentioned, “And I simply was so drawn to him, you recognize, by no means realizing, like, that’s my husband, however feeling very, very drawn to him.”
They didn’t meet once more till two years later when Quincy was divorced from Andersson, and the couple had two daughters collectively, Kidada Ann Jones and Parks and Recreation actress Rashida Jones. They divorced in 1990.
5. Nastassja Kinski (Dated 1992-1995)
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Whereas Quincy by no means made it down the aisle once more he did proceed to discover many alternative relationships. His subsequent relationship was with German actress, Nastassja Kinski, they usually had been collectively for about three years earlier than ending their romance. Within the midst of their relationship, nonetheless, they welcomed their daughter, Kenya Kinski-Jones, who ended up being Quincy’s seventh and closing little one.
6. Lisette Weiner Deroaux (Met in 1995, Dated for Six Years)
Within the years following, Quincy launched into a number of different relationships. He dated his publicist, Lisette Weiner Deroaux, for six years and was even hanging out with Hugh Hefner’s second spouse, Kimberley Conrad, whereas they had been nonetheless married.
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6. Kimberly Conrad (2025 Rumored Fling)
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7. Heba Elawadi (Dated in 2006)
In 2006, the “Off the Wall” producer started to get some facet glances when he received right into a relationship with 19-year-old Egyptian designer Heba Elawadi. He was 73.
8. Ivanka Trump (Rumored Fling in 2006)
Jones additionally proclaimed up to now Ivanka Trump, and the 2 apparently received acquainted after Trump requested to have dinner with him. “She’s a wonderful motherf-cker. She had essentially the most lovely legs I ever noticed in my life. Improper father, although,” he mentioned.
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9. Marpessa Daybreak (Rumored Fling – Date of Relationship Not Specified)
In a 2018 GQ interview, Quincy opened up about his former wives – who all occurred to be white and debunked the claims that he was solely fascinated by “blondes” by revealing that he had dated Black Orpheus actress Marpessa Daybreak.
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In terms of the backlash he mentioned, “I don’t give a f-ck. As a result of they assume that’s all you want, however that’s silly, man. Right here’s what you’ve received to know: The interracial factor was a part of a revolution, too, as a result of again within the ’40s and stuff, they’d say, ‘You possibly can’t mess with a white man’s cash.… Don’t mess along with his ladies.’ We weren’t going to take that shit. Charlie Parker, all people there, was married to a white spouse.”
10. Hazel Scott (Rumored Fling – Date of Relationship Not Specified)
In accordance with PopSugar, within the 2001 Autobiography of Quincy Jones, he was additionally romantically linked to Hazel Scott and Juliette Greco.
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11. Juliette Greco Rumo (Rumored Fling – Date of Relationship Not Specified)
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Within the GQ interview, Jones additionally shared that he had 22 girlfriends on the age of 84 and that all of them knew about one another. When the interviewer requested their age vary, he mentioned, “Nicely, my daughters gave me new numbers, as a result of they saved saying, ‘Dad, you’ll be able to’t exit with women youthful than us.’ I mentioned, ‘Y’all usually are not younger anymore.…’ So the brand new numbers are 28 to 42. They gave them to me.”
The interviewer additional requested if Jones was open to relationship anybody nearer to his personal age. He responded, “Hell no! You see me with an 84-year-old lady? Are you loopy,” earlier than later including, “For what, man? There’s nothing…there’s no upside. You gotta be kidding.”
Quincy is survived by all seven of his kids. His rep Arnold Robinson launched a press release about his demise that mentioned, “Tonight, with full however damaged hearts, we should share the information of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing. And though that is an unbelievable loss for our household, we have a good time the good life that he lived and know there’ll by no means be one other like him.
“He’s actually one in all a form and we are going to miss him dearly; we take consolation and immense pleasure in realizing that the love and pleasure, that had been the essence of his being, was shared with the world by means of all that he created. Via his music and his boundless love, Quincy Jones’ coronary heart will beat for eternity.”
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