Culture / 24 July 2023
Vale Tony Bennett
Legendary singer Tony Bennett died in his Manhattan home on Friday at 96yo – and to call him a legend seems understated when even Frank Sinatra called him “the best in the business”… The 20-time Grammy winner’s career spanning 8 decades saw him record more than 70 albums. Bennett’s signature song was I Left My Heart In San Francisco, but as the last of the crooners, he became the keeper of the ‘Great American Songbook’ – the fabulous jazz/popular songs penned last century by the likes of George Gershwin (thinkLove Is Here To Stay) and Cole Porter (Night and Day). In 2016, Bennett made his Alzheimer’s diagnosis public, and his last public performance was in August 2021 when he appeared with his good friend Lady Gaga in a show titled ‘One Last Time’. Dare you to watch this video and not get a bit misty… The White House said, “Tony Bennett didn’t just sing the classics – he himself was an American classic.”
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