Tony Bennett Dead, Interpreter of Great American Songbook Dies at 96 – Billboard
Tony Bennett, the beloved interpreter of the Great American Songbook has died at age 96.
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Tony Bennett, the beloved interpreter of the Great American Songbook has died at age 96.
Tony Bennett, the "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" singer, has died. He was 96.
"Tony Bennett: A Little Golden Book Biography" is a 24-page picture book about the late singer's career highlights, from his early days to Lady Gaga.
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.
With the news Friday that Tony Bennett had died at age 96, The Tribune went back into its archives to republish this interview with him from 2015.