Rashida Jones is paying tribute to her late dad, music and entertainment legend Quincy Jones, who passed away earlier this week.
On Thursday, the 48-year-old actress and producer took to her Instagram page with a sepia-toned throwback photo of her and her father when she was just a newborn, which she accompanied with an emotional and lengthy statement professing her love and gratitude for the bond she had with her father.
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“My dad was nocturnal his whole adult life. He kept ‘jazz hours’ starting in high school and never looked back. When I was little, I would wake up in the middle of the night to search for him. Undoubtedly, he would be somewhere in the house, composing (old school, with a pen and sheet music). He would never send me back to bed. He would smile and bring me into his arms while he continued to work…there was no safer place in the world for me,” she wrote in the caption of her Nov. 7 upload to the picture-sharing platform.
“He was a giant. An icon. A culture shifter. A genius.All accurate descriptions of my father but his music (and ALL of his work) was a channel for his love. He WAS love.He made everyone he ever met feel loved and seen. That’s his legacy,” she added.
“I was fortunate enough to experience this love in close proximity. I’ll miss his hugs and kisses and unconditional devotion and advice,” Rashida continued, closing out her tribute with two powerful sentences. “Daddy, it is an honor to be your daughter. Your love lives forever.”
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As Parade previously reported, the industry titan died on Sunday, Nov. 3, at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles while surrounded by his family. He was 91 years old.
Aside from his decades-long career, the applauded composer was also a father to seven. Along with the Parks and Recreation actress, he welcomed his now-adult kids–Jolie, Rachel, Martina, Quincy III, Kidada, and Kenya–with his three ex-wives Jeri Caldwell (m. 1957 to 1966), Ulla Andersson (m. 1967 to 1974) and the late Peggy Lipton (m. 1974 to 1990).
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