Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96

Tony Bennett followed in the musical path of the greatest American pop singers of the 20th century, and carried the torch for them into the 21st. From his initial success as a jazzy crooner through his generation-spanning duets, his career was remarkable for both its longevity and its consistency.…

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