On Sunday, Nov. 3, it was introduced that music legend Quincy Jones had died at age 91, along with his rep sharing the unhappy information with the world via an announcement issued to Selection.
And now Quincy’s daughter Rashida Jones has issued a private assertion about her dad’s loss of life on her Instagram web page, with the Parks and Recreation star leaving her followers emotional with the touching tribute.
“Once I was little, I might get up in the midst of the night time to seek for him. Undoubtedly, he can be someplace in the home, composing (old style, with a pen and sheet music). He would by no means ship me again to mattress,” Rashida recalled. “He would smile and produce me into his arms whereas he continued to work…there was no safer place on the earth for me.”
“He was a large. An icon. A tradition shifter. A genius,” she went on. “All correct descriptions of my father however his music (and ALL of his work) was a channel for his love. He WAS love. He made everybody he ever met really feel liked and seen. That’s his legacy.”
“I used to be lucky sufficient to expertise this love in shut proximity,” Rashida concluded. “I’ll miss his hugs and kisses and unconditional devotion and recommendation. Daddy, it’s an honor to be your daughter. Your love lives ceaselessly.”
Rashida’s poignant phrases struck a chord with folks, and lots of of her well-known associates had been amongst those that commented on the put up.
Quincy shares 48-year-old Rashida and her sister Kidada, 50, with actor Peggy Lipton, who he was married to between 1974 and 1990.