BREAKING: Musical legend Tony Bennett dead at 96

American Musical icon Tony Bennett has died at the age of 96. his publicist Sylvia weiner told the Associated Press that Bennett died in his home state of New York Bennett was best known for songs like his signature 1962 hit I Left My Heart in San Francisco the artist has been praised for being one of the best pop performers of all time with a career spanning over eight decades

At his tremendous impact on the music industry oh The Good Life Tony Bennett I found it just in time the great singer of The Great American Songbook the way you look tonight his music defining a generation with shiny tuxedos big bands and Smoky Jazz joints [Music] but before he was Tony he was Anthony Dominic benedetto a child of the Great

Depression born and raised by a single mother in Queens New York when I was 10 years old he said we love the way you paint them we love the way you sing and so I I said that's who I am he dropped out of high school to support his family at age 16 and was later drafted by the Army serving in World War II I decided that when I get out of the army I'm going to go into Show Business he got his big break in 1949 when Entertainer Bob Hope saw him singing in

A New York City Club and hired him with one suggestion that he changed his name to Tony Bennett The Best Is Yet To Come and babe won't that be fine a star was born in 1962 Bennett topped the charts with his hit I Left My Heart in San Francisco winning his first of many Grammys as I approached the farm of my life as his career skyrocketed he also became an activist in the Civil Rights Movement while developing his other love painting

When you get lucky enough to nail one painting that really looks good it's really a quiet celebration but there was a dark underbelly to his success Bennett developed a drug addiction in the 1970s and took a 10-year Hiatus he made a comeback in the 80s becoming a favorite of the MTV generation MTV crowd Bennett married three times and raised four children in 2007 he tied the knot with Susan Crowe after the two

Dated for decades meanwhile his popularity continued to Surge in the 2000s when he recorded duets with megastars like Paul McCartney the very thought of you Elton John and Lady Gaga my whole life I love what I do in 2021 the singer revealed his Alzheimer's diagnosis and announced both a final album and concert with Lady Gaga to mark his 95th birthday

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BREAKING: Musical legend Tony Bennett dead at 96