Music giant Quincy Jones was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, a week after his death at age 91. A larger, ...

He also met and became close friends with a then-unknown pianist named Ray Charles. The pair would enjoy ... I basically attended my own funeral,” Jones wrote. “Man, everyone was there ...

Ray Charles and Cannonball Adderley. In 1986, Jones said he suffered a mental breakdown as he was in the midst of a divorce from actress Peggy Lipton. He went to Marlon Brando’s private island ...

How do I not get excited looking at Ray Charles and Marvin Gaye and Billy ... “I basically attended my own funeral … It was special to see so many people there to celebrate what would ...

After the first, his friends feared he wouldn’t survive and held a memorial concert for him in Los Angeles—an event which featured the likes of Sarah Vaughan and Ray Charles paying tribute to ...

He worked with artists like Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra ... I basically attended my own funeral,” he wrote. Though he recalls having a mere one in a hundred chance of surviving, the operations ...

During this time, it didn’t look too promising, so my friends planned a memorial service for me at The Shrine in LA, & I basically attended my own funeral ... likes of Ray Charles & Frank ...

Around 500 people attended a private funeral service for Mr. McCoy last ... schedule Rowland performed Ray Charles’ “Georgia On My Mind,” as McCoy’s wife’s name was Georgia.

Ward, was born May 4, 1933, at Cabool, Missouri. He attended school at Yukon Grade School. He lived briefly in the St. Louis area where he was baptized at an early age, then lived in Summersville for ...