{"id":1979517,"date":"2023-07-21T13:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-singer-tony-bennett-dies-at-96\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T13:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T17:24:46","slug":"legendary-singer-tony-bennett-dies-at-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-singer-tony-bennett-dies-at-96\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Bennett, iconic singer, passes away at 96."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flegendary-singer-tony-bennett-dies-at-96%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979517&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tony Bennett performs onstage at the SeriousFun\u200d Children\u2019s Network Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street \u200bon April 2, 2014 in New York\u2062 City. \u200b (Photo by Larry \u2063Busacca\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Tony Bennett, Legendary \u2062American Singer, Passes \u200dAway\u200d at 96<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>10:05 AM \u2013 Friday, July 21, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Tony Bennett, the legendary American singer who has won over 20 Grammy awards, has passed away at \u2063the age of 96. He\u2064 was less than\u200c two weeks shy of his 97<sup>th<\/sup> birthday. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bennett died at his home in New York City. His publicist Sylvia Weiner revealed that he passed away due to age-related causes.<\/p>\n<p>He has\u2062 been an influence to many famous musicians. Frank Sinatra, one of the world\u2019s \u2063best selling music artists called Bennett \u200c\u201cthe best\u2064 singer in \u2062the business.\u201d Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, who uses the stage name \u2018Lady Gaga,\u2019 credited the \u200dsinging waiter with saving her life and stopping\u200d her from quitting music. The pair, \u2063who became good friends, recorded two albums \u200btogether, \u2018Cheek to Cheek.\u2019\u200b and \u201cLove for\u200b Sale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer was born on August\u200b 3, 1936 as Anthony Dominick\u200d Benedetto, in Astoria in the Queens borough of New\u200c York City. He rose \u2063to stardom in the \u200b1950\u2019s. He began singing \u200dprofessionally\u2063 soon after he completed his Army service. He \u200bserved \u2062during World\u2062 War II. During \u200dhis time in the Army, he\u200d helped liberate\u200b a\u200d concentration camp in Germany. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Under the stage \u2063name of \u2064Joe Barri, he began singing for the \u2063314th Army Special\u200c Services Band. In 1949, Bennett met the actor\u2064 and singer Bob \u200dHope who gave him the stage name, Tony Bennett and encouraged \u2064him\u2064 to tour. \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kraiGPFCwf\">pic.twitter.com\/kraiGPFCwf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Army (@USArmy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USArmy\/status\/1682396912341725184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The iconic crooner\u2062 has many \u200bhits. In the totality \u200dof his career, he released more than 70 albums. Some of his most popular \u2064solo songs includes \u2018Everybody Has The\u200d Blues\u2019 and \u2018I Left \u2064My Heart \u2063In San Francisco.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The great Tony Bennett sings\u200c &#8220;Everybody Has The Blues.&#8221; RIP, \u200bTony. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lPhpTPy3kI\">pic.twitter.com\/lPhpTPy3kI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b David \u200dLetterman (@Letterman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Letterman\/status\/1682399834882416643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfb6- I&#8217;m going home to my city by the Bay. I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill, it calls to me. To be where little <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legendary-singer-tony-bennett-dies-at-96\/\" title=\"Tony Bennett, iconic singer, passes away at 96.\">cable cars climb halfway<\/a> to the stars.\u200c The morning fog may chill the air, I don&#8217;t care. My love waits\u200d there in San Francisco.  \ud83d\udda4<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rg2AqTTKLu\">pic.twitter.com\/Rg2AqTTKLu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bar \ud83d\ude42 (@Brenda_p0p)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brenda_p0p\/status\/1682423037314883585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He has released many duets with a variety of female artists including one with the late Amy Winehouse.\u2064 Bennett recorded \u2018I\u2019ve\u200b Got You Under My Skin\u2019 with Lady\u200d Gaga, who he would \u200boften refer\u2064 to as \u2018Lady.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd0d<\/p>\n<p>Tony Bennett &#038; Lady Gaga<br \/>\u2018I&#8217;ve Got You Under \u200cMy Skin\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcbf Love for Sale (2021)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/buxKCQX4Jn\">pic.twitter.com\/buxKCQX4Jn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Carla (@CarlaPaneca) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarlaPaneca\/status\/1682370236085948416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Bennett\u2026\u200b Rest in Peace \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Legendary. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WYHT6zmjoT\">pic.twitter.com\/WYHT6zmjoT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Defected Records (@DefectedRecords) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefectedRecords\/status\/1682372266519150595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u2064 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Bennett retired from \u2062music in 2021, five\u2064 years \u200cafter he was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s disease. His last concert was in 2021 at Radio\u2064 City Music Hall. While\u200c he had\u200b the medical condition at the time, it had \u2064no effect on his singing\u2062 as he would come alive when he sang and commanded the stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhen that music comes on (SNAP), it\u2019s\u2013\u2063 something happens \u200bto him,\u201d Gaga said. \u2063\u201cHe\u2063 knows exactly what he\u2019s doing. And \u2064what\u2019s important \u2062for me, actually,\u2063 just to make sure that \u200cI don\u2019t get in\u200c the\u200d way\u200d of \u200dthat.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight\u2019s the night \ud83c\udfb6 \u2064\ud83c\udfb5\u2062 \ud83c\udfa4<\/p>\n<p>The legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York hosts\u200d Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga\u2063 to celebrate Bennett&#8217;s iconic legacy one final\u2063 time.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa One \u200cLast Time: An Evening \u200dWith Tony Bennett and \u200cLady \u200cGaga, \u200btonight at midnight on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/channel5_tv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@channel5_tv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mu8CmYWkjL\">pic.twitter.com\/Mu8CmYWkjL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Channel \u20635 (@channel5_tv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/channel5_tv\/status\/1484656048703086592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A tribute \u200con his Instagram\u200d page \u2062let his fans know that was still singing \u200buntil\u2063 the very end.\u00a0The last song he was\u200d was\u2064 hit\u2062 first \u2064number one hit. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTony left us \u2062today but he was\u2064 still \u200bsinging the other day at his piano and \u200dhis last song was, \u2018Because of You,\u2019\u200b his first #1 hit. Tony, because of you we have your songs in our heart forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He is survived by his wife Susan, his daughters Johnanna and Antonia, his sons Danny and Dae \u200dand nine \u200dgrandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Stay\u2064 informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox\u200c for\u2063 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Recording \u2062Artists Natasha Owens responds to Jason\u200d Aldean \u2062and CMT \u201ccontroversy\u201d with anti-woke and conservative music.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>News Commentator and Podcaster, Jess Weber, \u2063discusses the latest \u200bassault on \u200bour language, \u200bmorals and values.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Pastor \u200dTom Hughes \u2063and \u200cPastor Billy Crone discuss\u2064 the striking predictions in the Bible and modern day life. 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