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Quincy Jones: Brando had several gay encounters — one with Richard Pryor

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Earlier this week, music producer Quincy Jones gave a wide-ranging interview to Vulture.com , that covered everything from Ivanka Trump to Michael Jackson to who killed Kennedy.

But the most explosive quotes were about Marlon Brando's sex habits "back in the day," which included encounters with several men -- "James Baldwin. Richard Pryor. Marvin Gaye," according to Jones.


"He was the most charming (expletive) you ever met," Jones told Vulture of the "Godfather" star, who died in 2004.

The story was confirmed by Pryor's widow, Jennifer Lee, in an interview with TMZ .

"It was the '70s! Drugs were still good, especially quaaludes," she said. "If you did enough cocaine, you'd (screw) a radiator and send it flowers in the morning," she said.

Richard Pryor died in 2005 (AP)

Comedian and actor Pryor was married to Lee twice, first in 1981 and then in 2001. They were married until he died in 2005. He also married four other women.

Lee said Pryor's bisexuality was well-known among his friends, but was never made public. She also told TMZ that his sexual escapades were documented in diaries that she plans to publish later this year.

Brando was known for a number of romantic relationships, which resulted in eight children, according to the New York Daily News.

"Homosexuality is so much in fashion, it no longer makes news," Brando said in 1976. "Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences, and I am not ashamed.

"I have never paid much attention to what people think about me. But if there is someone who is convinced that Jack Nicholson and I are lovers, may they continue to do so. I find it amusing."

Michael Jackson, left, holds eight awards as he poses in 1984 with Quincy Jones at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP)

About Michael Jackson, Jones had this to say:

"I hate to get into this publicly, but Michael stole a lot of stuff. He stole a lot of songs. [Donna Summer's] ' State of Independence ' and ' Billie Jean. ' The notes don't lie, man. He was as Machiavellian as they come."
"I used to kill him about the plastic surgery, man. He'd always justify it and say it was because of some disease he had. Bull..."

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