(A sympathetic, off camera Ana Navarro whispered a consoling, Oh, Whoopi.)
He worked with everybody Ray Charles, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Dinah Washington.
Just everybody, he worked with everybody.
Quincy Jones and Whoopi Goldberg at 2014 Tribeca Film Festival eventGetty Images
And he worked as the composer onThe Color Purple, which is how I met Quincy.
Goldberg continued, I had no better friend.
Were going to go out on that, and well be right back.