Tony Bennett

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Tony Bennett was an American traditional pop and jazz singer renowned for his smooth vocal style and timeless standards like "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."


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instanceOf United States Army veteran
human
jazz singer
painter
singer
traditional pop singer
awardReceived Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
NEA Jazz Masters Award
Primetime Emmy Award
birthName Anthony Dominick Benedetto
causeOfDeath complications of Alzheimer’s disease
coFounded Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
collaboratedWith Amy Winehouse
Bill Evans
Count Basie
Lady Gaga
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1926-08-03
dateOfDeath 2023-07-21
ethnicOrigin Italian-American
father John Benedetto
founded Exploring the Arts
genre big band
jazz
traditional pop
languageOfWorkOrName English
militaryBranch U.S. Army 63rd Infantry Division
mother Anna Suraci Benedetto
notableWork Because of You
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Rags to Riches
Stranger in Paradise
The Good Life
occupation painter
recording artist
singer
placeOfBirth Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Columbia Records
Improv Records
RPM Records
religion Roman Catholicism
residence New York City, New York, United States
servedIn United States Army
spouse Patricia Beech NERFINISHED
Sandra Grant
Susan Crow
stageName Tony Bennett


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