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My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
Quincy Jones
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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
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The climate in the '50s and '60s for black performers or black people in the entertainment business was atrocious. It was atrocious.
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