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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga‘s special friendship spanned many years.
After a chance meeting at a New York City gala in 2011, the pair had their first musical collaboration singing “The Lady Is a Tramp” on Bennett’s Duets II album. Bennett and Gaga went on to release their first joint album Cheek to Cheek in 2014 — which kicked off a world tour and scored them a Grammy for best traditional pop vocal album.
At the time, Bennett gushed over Gaga’s talent, telling Parade in 2014, “It was the first time I heard Lady perform, and I could not believe the audience’s reaction. The first thing I said was, ‘Let’s do an album together.’ And she said, ‘OK.’ That quick. I just love what she did on [our album Cheek to Cheek]. She’s up there with Ella Fitzgerald, who was the greatest singer in the world.”
Gaga, for her part, praised Bennett for how he changed her outlook on life.
“Six months ago I didn’t even want to sing anymore,” she admitted to the outlet at the time. “The other day, Tony said, ‘I’ve never once in my career not wanted to do this.’ It stung. Six months ago I didn’t feel that way. I tell Tony every day that he saved my life. I was so sad. I couldn’t sleep. I felt dead. And then I spent a lot of time with Tony. He wanted nothing but my friendship and my voice.”
In July 2023, news broke that Bennett died in New York at age 96. His final concert took place two years prior with Gaga by his side.
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People.Bennett died on Friday, at the age of 96.“Tony, naturally, loved visiting his ancestral homeland, and we spent many summers in Italy over the years,” Benedetto, 56, told a reporter. “It was always a special time for us to be together, just the two of us,” she fondly recalled.“Tony would paint all day, and then we would eat pasta, which was his favorite meal…Everyone knows Tony had heart, but he also was a wonderful soul,” she said of the “Cheek to Cheek” singer.She noted that her surname, Benedetto, is Bennett’s original family name — and that it means “the blessed one” in his mother tongue, Italian.
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Tony Bennett's fans are keeping his legacy alive!Since the announcement that the legendary musician died on Friday, at the age of 96, the «Love For Sale» singer has been celebrated in tributes across the country.In New York City, fans adorned a park bench with flowers in Central Park. The seat in his home city was where Bennett famously posed for a picture with his dog.
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death Friday at 96. Mayor Eric Adams, 62, was one of the first politicians to honor the legendary singer, taking to Twitter to write: “A working-class kid from Queens, Tony Bennett, sang our song to the world.
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The dynamic duo, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, shared a special bond and created a lifetime of cherished memories through their collaborations and love of music. The famed American singer died Friday at the age of 96 in his hometown of New York City, his publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed to Fox News Digital. As of now, there has been no specific cause of death announced, although Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016.