Tony Bennett’s longtime love Susan Crow and his son Danny Bennett—who he shared with Patricia Beech—penned a tribute to the "Rags to Riches" singer after he died at age 96.
In 1999, Tony Bennett and his wife, Susan Benedetto, a former public-school teacher, founded Exploring the Arts (ETA) to strengthen the role of the arts in public high school education. ETA connects private funders, individual artists, and cultural institutions to Partner Schools to achieve grea...
Legendary crooner Tony Bennett dies at the age of 96 Bennett picked up his first Grammy for his signature 1962 song I Left My Heart in San Francisco, and almost 60 years later, in 2022, lifted his 20th - at the tender age of 95. Legendary pop and jazz singer Tony Bennett has died at...
Bennett recalled advice Frank Sinatra gave him back in 1956, when the young singer visited the Chairman of the Board backstage at the Paramount Theatre. Bennett had had early success, and an offer to do a summer replacement TV show. "I had never met him. When I got in his dressing room...
Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimers disease but the diagnosis hasnt quieted his legendary voice. The singers wife and son reveal in the latest edition of AARP The Magazine that Bennett was first diagnosed in 2016. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK – Tony Bennett has ...
When the famous singer Tony Bennett told his wife Susan Benedetto that he couldn't remember the names of his bandmates, she assumed age was simply catching up to him. However, the trouble with his memory concerned Bennett, especially since it might impact his ability to put on his signa-tu...
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But Danny Bennett said his father never forgot those songs. "He was singing up until a week ago. You know, towards the end here, he became, you know, pretty much immobile. Put him next to a piano, and he turned to Susan, his wife, and he was just standing at the piano, and he...
"Star Trek" actor and activist George Takei also took to social media to mourn the loss of Bennett, tweeting "[Bennett] may have left his Heart in San Francisco, but he won all of our hearts." The great Tony Bennett has passed away at the age of ...
Bennett’s wife, Susan Benedetto, also opened up about her husband’s Alzheimer’s battle during the CBS special. “He recognizes me, thank goodness, his children, you know, we are blessed in a lot of ways,” she said. “He’s very sweet. He doesn’t know he has it.” ...