Tony met his wife Susan—who served as the leader of aTony Bennettfan club—at one of his concerts when she was 19. They dated for 20 yearsbefore tying the knot in 2007. "It tickled me that someone of her age was so devoted to my music," Tony wrote in his aut...
Tony Bennett has revealed that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease four years ago. In a new interview withAARP, released on Feb. 1, 2021, the singing legend and his wife, Susan, shared the heartbreaking news. Bennett is 94. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of age-related dem...
In 1951, Bennett's first big hit, "Because of You," reached No. 1 on the pop charts and sold more than 1 million copies. And because of Bennett, music lovers of all ages would fall in love with the classic standards of the pre-rock and roll era that he interpreted — and reinterpr...
Tony Bennett's love is here to stay. Nearly two weeks after the music icon died at the age of 96, his wife Susan and eldest son Danny are detailing his last moments, noting that he "didn't just light up the room, he loved the room." "He said it until the...
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Bennett is held in universally high regard in his profession and around college athletics. HisIt’s The System’s Faultretirement at a young age will generate a new spasm of despair over the state of things. Some concerns are justified, but many are exaggerated—and not much is going to ch...
Danny Bennett and Tony Bennett's wife, Susan Benedetto, sat for their first joint interview since the singer's death.
Tony Bennett is 90, while wife Susan Benedetto is only 50 — a vast age difference, sure, but not completely unheard of. The couple wed in 2007, but “met” way, way before that: In a meet-cute story that somehow tops SNL’s biting “Meet Your Second Wife” sketch, Bennett reveals...
Bennett was 10 years old. The New York native began singing at a young age and would practice while waiting tables in order to help his family financially. “I started when I was about 6. I never met an Italian descent family in America that isn’t musical,” Bennett said in an ...
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