Breaking: Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
Tony Bennett makes a thumbs-up hand signal as he's applauded during a performance at McFarlin Auditorium on the campus of Southern Methodist University, on Friday, April 22, 2016 in Dallas. Ben Torres/Special ContributorNEW YORK — Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday.
Publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed Bennett’s death to The Associated Press, saying he died in his hometown of New York. There was no specific cause, but Bennett had been diagnosed The last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century, Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create “a hit catalog rather than hit records.
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