He left his heart in New York City... RIP Tony Bennett

[CuriousByNature]

The crooner with a many decades-long career died today in New York, just two weeks short of his 97th birthday.  No cause of death was noted, but Bennett had been living with Alzheimers disease, having been diagnosed in 2016.  May he rest in peace.

[+ nycman]

I’ll never forget decades ago taking my visiting parents out for dinner in an Italian restaurant in NYC and running into Tony Bennett. They went ape shit. It was cute to see. Tony was extremely charming and polite to them. A real gentleman. RIP.

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

You know that you have been a star for a long time if you were the Mystery Guest on What's My Line.

Here is Tony stumping the panel in a show from 1964. Tony Bennett's appearance is at the 11:37 mark:

BoZo

 

[marylander1940]

I just took this pictures at the Fairmont Hotel 

[marylander1940]

[+ nycman]

2 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

Damn she’s got a fat ass….oh, wait….we’re not allowed to drift off topic.

Wow, that statue of Tony Bennett is really nice….pity about the fat ass in front of it.

grin

[Luv2play]

11 minutes ago, nycman said:

Damn she’s got a fat ass….oh, wait….we’re not allowed to drift off topic.

Wow, that statue of Tony Bennett is really nice….pity about the fat ass in front of it.

grin

Given the size of the average American ass, hers is not so bad. She's just bent over which makes it a bit more prominent.

[samhexum]

City council passes bill to co-name Astoria street after Tony Bennett

[Guest]

@marylander1940and I must have brushed elbows when he took that picture; I was staying at the Fairmont that weekend. They piped Bennett’s music throughout the hotel for days. Certainly his home away from home.