Quincy Jones had already written his speech to accept an honorary Oscar this year at the motion picture academy’s annual Governors Awards.
But he died two weeks before Sunday’s ceremony , so it was left to his daughter, Rashida Jones, to deliver his words.
“He has so many friends in this room — well, actually, probably in every room, if I’m being honest,” Jones said, standing on stage with three of her siblings. Reading her father’s speech, which traced his dreams of creating music for film and to make “society and the world a more understanding and embracing place for us all to exist,” Jones was often overcome with emotion…