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Brain aneurysm

Quincy Jones made a mockery of death by attending his own memorial service 50 years ago

Quincy Jones made a mockery of death by attending his own memorial service 50 years ago

In 1974, Quincy Jones was given just a 1% chance of living after suffering a brain aneurysm. “It was scary,” Jones told GQ in 2018. “Like somebody blew my brains out. The main artery to your brain explodes, you know.” Following a seven-and-a-half-hour brain surgery, doctors discovered a second aneurysm in Jones. With a grim…

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