Tony Bennett, a standard bearer of the American Songbook whose resilient career stretched from duetting with Judy Garland to Lady Gaga, died on July 21 at the age of 96
ony Bennett, a standard bearer of the American Songbook whose resilient career stretched from duetting with Judy Garland to Lady Gaga, died on July 21 at the age of 96. His publicist, Sylvia Weiner,to the Associated Press. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.
For many, Bennett was synonymous with class, craftsmanship, perseverance and American excellence. He was one of the greats of the Greatest Generation; a reverent interpreter and revitalizer of a golden era of American songwriting. He died a Kennedy Center honoree, an NEA Jazz Master, a 19-time Grammy winner; he sang for every American president from Dwight Eisenhower to Barack Obama.
Despite their meager means, Bennett’s mother was uncompromising toward her craft, refusing to work on dresses she considered shoddy. “We were desperate for money, but she couldn’t bring herself to do something she felt was beneath her,” Bennett wrote inBennett’s vocal talents were clear from an early age. At 10, he sang at the opening of the Triborough Bridge alongside Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
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