Tony Bennett retires from touring

[LaLa 19,704]

As expected, but still bittersweet. 

It's sad, but also not everyone gets to go out with a bang at 95 years old with celebration and joy, there is beauty in that 

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Wish I was there

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Danny Bennett tells a funny story of how fans of his father approached Danny during the Radio City Music Hall shows. In 2020, the family revealed that Tony Bennett had had Alzheimer’s disease since 2016, a debilitating form of age-related dementia characterized by progressive memory loss. But some fans were certain the evidence showed otherwise.

“They kept telling me that we lied, that there was no way Tony had Alzheimer’s,” says Danny with a soft chuckle. “I assured everyone that he does. … Yes, here he was, at 95, and still singing like this: strong, Emotive. But still, it is a complex question: how can he do this?

“My answer is that this is where he has lived his whole life and where he is most happy — on the stage, making music. Dealing as we have with Alzheimer’s for the last four-five years, it’s cognitive. He has short-term memory loss. That, however, does not mean that he doesn’t still have all this stored up inside of him. He doesn’t use a Teleprompter. He never misses a line. He hits that stage, and goes. Tony may not remember every part of doing that show. But, when he stepped to the side of the stage, the first thing he told me was: ‘I love being a singer.'”"

 

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[Tayko 1,203]

This guy is 70 years older than me I have a no words.

A legend