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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.

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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
Actor
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Bandleader
Composer
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Film Producer
Humanitarian
Instrumentalist
Jazz Musician
Jazz Trumpeter
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Quincy Delight Jones Jr.
Quincy Delight Jones Jr
Quincy Jones Jr.
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