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☆ Quincy Jones’ cause of death revealed
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Dan Heching | Cheri Mossburg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Bob Parent/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Jones performs with his band in Vienna, Austria, in 1960. brandstaetter images/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Jones works with Frank Sinatra on a soundstage in 1964. Benainous/Reglain/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Jones poses with the six Grammys he won in 1991. Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images Jones and Oprah Winfrey appear on the red carpet together at the Academy Awards in 1995. Lois Bernstein/AP Jones poses for a photo with his daughters Kidada Jones and Rashida Jones in 2005. Charley Gallay/Getty Images Jones poses for a portrait during the Toronto Film Festival in 2018.

Persons: Quincy Jones, Jones, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Bobby Holland, Michael Ochs, Bob Parent, John Dominis, Duke Ellington, David Redfern, Peggy Lipton, Shutterstock Jones, Doug Pizac, Lou Rawls, Ron Galella, Stevie Wonder, Sunny Bak, Will Smith, Miles Davis, Courtney Sale Ross, Richard Corkery, Eddie Murphy, Rick Maiman, Patrick Kovarik, Oprah Winfrey, Lois Bernstein, Kidada Jones, Rashida Jones, Donato Sardella, Kevin Mazur, Barack Obama, JIM WATSON, Michael Caine, Denise Truscello, Naomi Campbell, Charley Gallay, Chris Pizzello, ”, Lisa Respers France, Alli Rosenbloom Organizations: CNN, Associated Press, Michael Ochs Archives, Getty, CBS, HBO, United Negro College Fund, Lille, Montreux Jazz, Academy, Jones, White House, Toronto Film, Theatre, Abaca Press, AP, Recreation Locations: Bel Air , California, Los Angeles, Vienna, Austria, Redferns, Beverly Hills, Cannes, France, Switzerland, AFP, Haiti, Hollywood, Las Vegas

☆ Tony Bennett, crooner who sang ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —Legendary singer Tony Bennett, best known for singing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” has died, according to his longtime publicist, Sylvia Weiner. From Tony Bennett Bennett was discovered by Bob Hope while performing at a New York City club in 1949. In 1963, his recording of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" won Grammy Awards for record of the year and best solo vocal performance. ABC Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television/Getty Images Bennett and San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein hang onto the outside of a San Francisco cable car before taking a test ride in 1984. His performance of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” won Grammys for best record and best male vocal performance.

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☆ Jerry Lee Lewis, rock ’n’ roll pioneer who sang ‘Great Balls of Fire,’ dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Brandon Griggs | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And I’ve been on one all my life,” Lewis said in “Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story,” a 2014 biography by Rick Bragg. Jerry Lee Lewis performs on stage at the Country Music Festival held at Wembley Arena, London in April 1982. In 1989 “Great Balls of Fire!”, a biopic starring Dennis Quaid as Lewis, brought new attention to Lewis’ life and music. Jerry Lee Lewis speaks at the Country Music Hall of Fame 2022 inductees presented by CMA at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on May 17, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. Well, forget about it, let me hear that song.’”Lewis is survived by his wife, Judith Coghlan Lewis, his children Jerry Lee Lewis III, Ronnie Lewis, Pheobe Lewis and Lori Lancaster, sister Linda Gail Lewis, cousin Swaggart and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews, according to his representative’s statement.

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