Tony Bennett Shared A Secret Diagnosis He’s Been Struggling With For Years
After keeping it secret for years, Tony Bennett finally made a startling revelation about his health. And the news devastated his fans. Speaking alongside his wife, Susan Crow, the music legend opened up about the diagnosis and how it had completely changed their lives.
Remarkably, Bennett and his wife have managed to keep their struggle secret since 2016. That’s likely to be in down to the veteran singer’s ability to put on an incredible performance, regardless of his health. And despite being 94 years-old in 2021, he was nevertheless preparing to release a second album with pop queen Lady Gaga.
Gaga first realized her talent for jazz vocals when the duo sang “The Lady Is a Tramp” together, on Bennett’s collaborative album, Duets II in 2011. As he told AARP magazine, the pop star couldn’t believe that jazz royalty like Bennett recognized her flair for the music. “The fact that Tony sees me as a natural-born jazz singer is still something that I haven’t gotten over,” Gaga said.
The pair went on to record Cheek to Cheek in 2014, a whole album of classic jazz standards that hit number one on Billboard magazine’s Top 200 pop and rock chart. The surprising, yet undisputed success of this collaboration between two very different stars, led to another joint album. Owing to Gaga’s multiple projects and Bennett’s growing health concerns though, the release got pushed back until the spring of 2021.
The fact that Bennett is still recording in his nineties, in spite of his recent diagnosis, is remarkable. But then, this is one remarkable performer we’re talking about. To date, the iconic singer has collected 19 Grammy Awards, won a Lifetime Achievement prize, and sold over 50 million records globally. Bennett was even described as “the best singer in the business” by Frank Sinatra. High praise, indeed.
