Tony Bennett’s death at the age of 96 follows a career that first brought him to prominence in the 1950s.
Anthony Benedetto was born in New York City in 1926 and died there but not before a career that took him around the world and won him legions of new admirers even in his swansong years.
A regular visitor to Europe, the singer’s Italian roots in the southern province of Calabria helped him cross boundaries, although after diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016 he took a well-earned rest from touring.
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Bennett had served in the Second World War and still performed until 2021, years after his diagnosis, before finally calling time.
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