The Cry of Winnie Mandela
09 March 2025 - 00:00
When I heard about the death of Quincy Jones, it made me feel sad, though I wasn’t particularly shocked. Meeting your maker at the age of 91 is to be expected. What took me by surprise was the photo that was used with the announcement — of a wrinkle-free man with a head full of hair, as he had looked when he was becoming an icon of the American music scene in his late 20s. When I was growing up, the maestro was already an elderly man. In my mind, he might as well have been born a senior citizen...
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