Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
Tony Bennett, the eminent stylist and last of the great saloon singers whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as "I Left My Heart
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Tony Bennett, the eminent stylist and last of the great saloon singers whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as "I Left My Heart
NEW YORK — 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
A combat infantryman during WWII, he served as a librarian for the Armed Forces Network after the war and sang with an army big band in occupied Germany.
Publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed Tony Bennett's death, saying the singer died in his hometown of New York.
Bennett died two weeks short of his 97th birthday. He was diagnosed with Alzheimers disease in 2016, but no official cause of death has been given.