Musical icon Tony Bennett, identified for his clean voice and fashionable music, died on Friday. He was 96.

The late singer had handed away simply two weeks earlier than his birthday in his hometown of New York, Bennett’s publicist Sylvia Weiner instructed AP.

She added that there was no particular reason behind dying.

The “I Left My Coronary heart In San Francisco” artist had been recognized with Alzheimer’s illness in 2016.

“There’s so much about him that I miss,” his spouse, Susan Bennett,  instructed AARP Journal on the time. “As a result of he’s not the outdated Tony anymore … However when he sings, he’s the outdated Tony.”

Amongst his many admirers was Girl Gaga, who put out an album “Love for Sale” with the musical icon in 2021.

“He’s my good friend. He’s my musical companion. And he’s the best singer in the entire world. And I’m relying on you, New York, to make him smile,” Gaga instructed the group throughout certainly one of their performances.

“So that you higher cheer. You higher yell. You higher chuckle. You higher cry. You higher give your soul.”

Gaga was by his aspect throughout his final performances at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in August 2021. He then needed to take a step again from performing as his well being declined.

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Over the span of his decadeslong profession, Bennett launched greater than 70 albums, bought greater than 50 million information worldwide, and received 20 Grammys.

He additionally broke the Guinness World File for being the oldest individual to launch an album of recent materials, on the age of 95 years and 60 days.

He was identified for a lot of hits together with, “I Left My Coronary heart in San Francisco,” “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Steppin’ Out With My Child” and sang duets with Gaga to “Love For Sale” and “Something Goes.”

Bennett, whose actual identify was Anthony Dominick Benedetto, was born on August 3, 1926 at St. John’s Hospital in Lengthy Island Metropolis, Queens in New York Metropolis. He was the youngest youngster of grocer John Benedetto and seamstress Anna.