Obituary: Tony Bennett, King of the American Songbook, Dead at 96 July 21, 2023 8:56 AM ET By Walter Ray Watson Tony Bennett poses while signing an autograph in 1988. (Bernt Claesson/Pressens Bild/AFP via Getty Images) Tony Bennett, the internationally famous singer whose voice epitomized the American Songbook, has died. He was 96. Bennett died […]
Tony Bennett (1926-2023) Obituary Chemistry With Lady Gaga From 2016: On Turning 90 A Day in Central Park 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 on Friday at […]