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Legendary vocalist Tony Bennett, champion known for singing “I Left My Heart successful San Francisco,” sadly passed away connected Friday, July 21 astatine his location successful New York City aft a conflict with Alzheimer’s disease. The Grammy-winning creator was 96, conscionable 2 weeks abbreviated of his birthday.
Danny Bennett, Joanna Bennett, Tony Bennett, Daegal “Dae” Bennett and Antonia Bennett successful 2016. (Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix/Shutterstock)
In 2021, Tony and his wife, Susan Crow, shared that helium had been struggling with dementia. “There’s a batch astir him that I miss,” Susan told AARP at the time.“Because he’s not the aged Tony anymore. But erstwhile helium sings, he’s the aged Tony.” Surprisingly, Tony had been diagnosed backmost successful 2016, but helium managed to support his declining wellness a concealed from the nationalist by continuing to execute connected stage.
Back successful 1951, Tony got his commencement successful amusement concern by launching his debut single, “Because of You,” and past successful 1962, helium released 1 of his astir beloved tracks, “I Left My Heart successful San Francisco.” Throughout his legendary career, Tony scored an awesome 20 Grammy awards, including the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award successful 2001. And to apical it off, successful 1994, “I Left My Heart successful San Francisco” was rightfully honored and recovered its spot successful the Grammy Hall of Fame.
But helium wasn’t done entertaining the masses conscionable yet. In 2014, astatine property 88, Tony broke his ain grounds arsenic the oldest surviving performer with a No. 1 medium connected the Billboard 200 illustration for Cheek to Cheek, his duets task with Lady Gaga. The dynamic duo released their 2nd collaborative album Love for Sale in 2021.
Along with each his unthinkable accolades, Tony was highly arrogant of being a household man. The begetter of 4 opened up astir it successful an interrogation with Forbes in 2016. “Personally, my 4 children and 7 grandchildren are what marque maine proud,” helium said of his accomplishments. Let’s conscionable the precocious singer’s 4 astonishing children — Danny, Dae, Joanna and Antonia — below.
D’Andrea ‘Danny’ Bennett
Danny Bennett and Tony Bennett successful 2015. (Joe Schildhorn/BFA/Shutterstock)
D’Andrea “Danny” Bennett was calved connected Feb. 3, 1954, to Tony and his archetypal wife, Patricia Beech. After a near-fatal cause overdose successful 1979, Tony sought assistance from Danny, who yet signed connected arsenic his manager. With Danny’s guidance, Tony successfully battled his cause addiction, sorted retired his finances, and made a comeback by returning to New York and performing successful implicit 200 shows per year, according to the New York Times.
Danny besides played a important relation successful convincing Tony to grounds “MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett” and was actively progressive successful promoting his father’s 2011 album, “Duets II.” In a 1999 interrogation with the New York Times, Tony said, “I recognize however fortunate I americium to person someone, successful Danny, that is genuinely looking retired for my champion interests and not conscionable successful it for the money.”
Eventually, Danny utilized his concern smarts to make RPM Productions, an amusement absorption company. Not lone did RPM Productions correspond Tony, but they besides collaborated with different celebrated artists similar Ozzy Osbourne and Pearl Jam.
Danny, who does not look to person a societal media account, is besides a arrogant begetter of 2 daughters, Kelsey and Rémy Bennett, some New York City artists, per W magazine. In September 2017, Danny welcomed a lad with his his girlfriend, Hadley Spanier, according to People.
Daegal “Dae” Bennett
Danny, Tony and Dae Bennett successful 2018. (Justin Lane/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
Tony and Patricia welcomed Daegal “Dae” Bennett successful 1955. Just similar his older brother, Dae was acceptable to get into the euphony concern and yet acceptable up his ain workplace successful his precocious 20s, according to his website. After stints with specified acts arsenic Naughty by Nature and Salt-N-Pepa, Dae began moving with his begetter and member connected Tony’s 2 Duets albums.
“When my member called maine successful 2005 saying that my Dad and helium were reasoning of doing a duets album, I wasn’t into it, due to the fact that these benignant of records tin dependable truthful canned and artificial. I thought astir it for a bit, and called him backmost and suggested that we marque a diagnostic retired of doing it live,” helium told SoundonSound in 2012. “So we decided to marque the duet albums successful specified a mode that they cannot beryllium but spontaneous and exciting.”
All his hard enactment earned Dae a whopping 10 Grammys, including 1 for champion accepted popular vocal medium and champion engineered signaling for Tony and Lady Gaga’s album Love for Sale. On Tony’s Instagram, the arrogant papa erstwhile wrote, “So thrilled that my lad Dae conscionable won a Grammy for “Tony Bennett Celebrates 90″ #Grammys.”
In 2000, the New York Times reported that Dae was joined to a pistillate named Anita, with whom helium had 2 sons named Austin and Jared.
Joanna Bennett
Joanna and Tony Bennett successful 2010. (Carolyn Contino/BEI/Shutterstock)
Tony’s 2nd woman was Sandra Grant, whom helium joined successful 1971. The erstwhile lovebirds separated successful 1979, but their divorcement wasn’t finalized until 2007. During the romance, they welcomed girl Joanna successful 1969. She was named aft the musician’s 1964 deed “When Joanna Loved Me.”
While she keeps her beingness backstage and does not look to person a societal media relationship astatine this time, People reported successful 1998 that she was an actress. In a 2019 interrogation with the Twin Cities Arts Reader, her sister Antonia revealed that she and Joanna moved to the eastbound seashore erstwhile they became adults.
Antonia Bennett
The youngest of Tony’s children, Antonia Bennett, was calved to the vocalist and Sandra connected April 7, 1974. She instantly connected with euphony and began to hone her vocal skills arsenic a teenager. “I person been singing my full life,” Antonia told the Times of Israel in 2015. “My parents ever exposed maine to euphony arsenic good arsenic each the arts. I was surrounded by musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors astatine a precise young age.”
Antonia joined Ronen Helmann successful 2013 astatine the the Beverly Hills Hotel, wherever Tony walked her down the aisle. “Congratulations to my beauteous daughter, Antonia,” helium tweeted astatine the time. “What a fabulous wedding.” Antonia and Ronen welcomed a daughter, Maya, successful May 2016, according to Antonia’s Instagram.
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