A spokesman for Tony Bennett confirmed his death. (Photo/Dazhi Video) The video is taken from “Tony Bennett”, please forgive me if it is removed (the video source is Youtube, please forgive me if it is deleted)
The legendary American singer Tony Bennett (Tony Bennett) has been in the music industry for more than 70 years. His most famous work is “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” in 1962. However, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, and his enthusiasm for creation has not diminished. Lost nose for a while.
Tony Bennett’s spokesperson, Sylvia Weiner, confirmed the bad news to the US media today, but the cause of death was not disclosed, only known to have passed away in New York. Looking back on his life, he was born in New York in 1926, but his father passed away when he was 10 years old, and his childhood life was very difficult. He was only 18 years old in 1944, and was drafted into the army due to World War II. He returned to China in 1949 and officially started his activities as a singer.
At first he was unknown, but later he was rewarded by Bob Hope, who introduced him to Columbia, the largest record company at the time, and became famous with “Because of You” in 1951. “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” in 1962 pushed him to the peak of his career. .
However, with the popularity of rock and roll music, the music career and private life fell into a low ebb from the late 1960s to the 1970s. He and his two wives divorced and became seriously addicted to drugs. Until the late 1980s, he once again attracted the attention of the music world. He has accumulated 70 albums and 19 Grammy Awards in his career, including a lifetime achievement award. In 2016, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Although he was forced to cancel all tours, he still did not give up singing. , and released his second jazz album in 2021, which won the top spot on the Billboard album chart and wrote the final chapter for his music career.
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