{"id":15296,"date":"2023-07-21T15:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T15:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=15296"},"modified":"2023-07-21T15:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T15:46:18","slug":"just-in-legendary-singer-tony-bennett-dies-at-age-96-had-several-musical-hits-including-i-left-my-heart-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=15296","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Legendary Singer Tony Bennett Dies at Age 96 \u2013 Had Several Musical Hits Including \u201cI Left My Heart in San Francisco\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Legendary musician Tony Bennett, who was best known for singing \u201cI Left My Heart in San Francisco\u201d has died at the age of 96 according to his publicist Sylvia Weiner.<\/p>\n

Bennett passed <\/a> away in his hometown of New York and was just two weeks shy of celebrating his birthday.<\/p>\n

His cause of death is not known at this time. In 2016, Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s disease but somehow managed to keep performing until 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bennett was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on Aug. 3, 1926, in Astoria in the Queens borough of New York City. Before entering the music field, he served <\/a>in the U.S. army during World War II and saw combat in Germany. As<\/a> the LA Times notes, Bennett stayed in the service as part of the occupying force and started singing with various Army bands after the war concluded.<\/p>\n

He got his official start in music world while studying singing at the American Theatre Wing. As NBC News reported<\/a>, African American singer Pearl Bailey reportedly discovered Bennett and hired him to open for her in 1949.<\/p>\n

Thus began a career that spanned almost eight decades. Here are just some of his career\u2019s biggest highlights according to NBC:<\/p>\n

His signature hit, \u201cI Left My Heart in San Francisco,\u201d arrived in 1962 as a B-side that launched him to the A-list.<\/p>\n

The songs effectively straddled the worlds of pop and jazz while earning critical acclaim: Bennett won the 1962 Grammys for record of the year and solo vocal performance.<\/p>\n

The statuettes would prove to be the first of 20 Grammys over his seven-decade career, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He won his last Grammy for his collaborative album with Lady Gaga, \u201cLove For Sale,\u201d which was released in 2021.<\/p>\n

Other accolades in his celebrated career include two Emmy awards and being named a Kennedy Center honoree, a Gershwin Prize honoree and a NEA Jazz Master.<\/p>\n

In addition to \u201cI Left My Heart in San Francisco,\u201d Bennett had other classic <\/a> songs such as \u201cRags To Riches,\u201d \u201cMy Foolish Heart,\u201d \u201cBecause Of You,\u201d and \u201cI Wanna Be Around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bennett was also active in the civil rights movement. Actor Harry Belafonte recruited him for Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s 1965 march from Selma, Alabama. This was considered <\/a> a risky career decision at the time because his audience was largely white.<\/p>\n

Bennett explained <\/a> to Larry King in 1998 interview why he entered the musical world. He hoped to continue singing for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

I just decided that \u2026 I would love to become successful, and if I didn\u2019t, I\u2019m going to do this the rest of my life. I loved it.<\/p>\n

Bennett is survived <\/a> by his wife, Susan Benedetto, his two sons, Danny and Dae Bennett, his daughters Johanna Bennett and Antonia Bennett, and his nine grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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