Quincy Jones, the musician, composer and producer whose work spanned everything from Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' to collaborations with Frank Sinatra, is dead.

Quincy Jones, the polymath hitmaker who ruled the American music industry with a magic touch for well over half a century, has died."Through his music and his boundless love, Quincy Jones' heart will beat for eternity,

Jones' publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.