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Tony Bennett, a singer whose melodic clarity, jazz-influenced phrasing, audience-embracing persona and warm, deceptively simple interpretations of musical standards helped spread the American songbook around the world and won him generations of fans, died Friday at his home in Manhattan, where he had lived for many decades. He was 96.

Tony Bennett was "singing at his piano" just days before he died, his representatives have revealed.

Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just two weeks short of his birthday.

He was 96, just two weeks short of his birthday.

Bennett performed the beloved ballad for decades.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96, just

The timeless singer had his first hit in 1951 and topped the charts more than 60 years later.

In this 2011 interview, the late jazz crooner, who has died age 96, talks about getting older, fame, family, and dueting with Amy Winehouse

Tony Bennett, Masterful Stylist Of American Musical Standards, Dies - Queens, NY - Tony Bennett, whose "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" earned him one of 19 Grammy Awards over his long career, was 96.

The sincerity of his singing melted the hearts of generations: ‘The trick is to survive success,’ he said. ‘Anyone can survive failure’