OT: RIP Tony Bennett

[bac2therac]

Dead at 96

 

[Colbert17!]

A true music legend. 20X Grammy winner and charted albums in eight different decades.
Age 96
R.I.P.

 

[rubaseball78_rivals]

Saw him in Las Vegas in the early 1980's. Joan Rivers was the opening act.

 

[dconifer0]

Dang, loved that guy...

 

[Colbert17!]

Has to be posted

 

[RUGuitarMan1]

One of the last of the greats from the age of the crooners. RIP.

 

[OntheBanks]

Saw him a year or 2 ago at St. George Theater on Staten Island.

 

[Knight Shift]

RIP to a legend and a really good guy. He was always positive and seemed genuinely happy.

 

[RUhasarrived]

Baseball related to Tony's big song:
After their 1963 World Series win,several Dodgers formed a lounge act.
The entire group sang the song up to the last line.
Then the closer,Fair Lawn's Ron Perranoski,finished the song.

 

[Kbee3]

One of the greats.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Just saw this, RIP to a legend.

 

[batts]

Baseball related to Tony's big song:
After their 1963 World Series win,several Dodgers formed a lounge act.
The entire group sang the song up to the last line.
Then the closer,Fair Lawn's Ron Perranoski,finished the song.

Ron Perranoski's sister was a subsitute teacher at my grammar school in Wayne.

Tony Bennett saw plenty of combat action in WWII which led him to become a pacifist in later life. He couldn't stand the waste of human life caused by war.

 

[MADHAT1]

One of the truly greats who worked with the likes of Count Basie to Lady Gaga and never missed a beat.
RIP Mr.Bennett

 

[RUtrumpet92_rivals498139]

The definitive version of this song IMO. Rest in peace, Mr. Bennett!

 

[ashokan]

Out of NYC like Oppenheimer.
The talent that used to come from the city was incredible
Now foregt about it

 

[RUPete]

I saw that recent 60 minutes segment which showed how the music almost snapped him out of Alzheimer’s. Shows how therapeutic music can be.

 

[czxqa]

 

[RUKen]

Listening now with the wife. What a voice

 

[Cookie81]

Frank Sinatra considered him the best crooner.

 

[ru66]

And he lived in NJ for almost 15 years

 

[Knight Shift]

I paid my respect above. mTV Classics has been playing Tony Bennett nonstop since yesterday. I doubt they have him an hour of airplay when he was alive, except for when he sang with Lady Gaga me.

 

[OriginalKnight]

A true music legend. 20X Grammy winner and charted albums in eight different decades.
Age 96
R.I.P.

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