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Tony Bennett’s family talks about last moments with the late singer.

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The Legendary Tony Bennett’s family are remembering him after his demise.

Susan Benedetto and Danny Bennett made an appearance on the Today Show,  two weeks after his demise at age 96 according to publicist Sylvia Weiner. Although his cause of death is unknown at this point, in February 2021, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease five years prior.

According to his the two children their last moment shared with their father is something they will never forget.

“His last words to me (were), ‘Thank you,’” Danny said. “Can’t say it better than that.”

Benedetto added that Bennett sang until the very end, with his last song being “Because of You,” his first hit. “The music never eft him,” she said.

“That he loved me … he would wake up every day and still say that,” his wife recalled. “He woke up happy every day.”

Danny is Bennett’s eldest son, with whom the singer shared with his former wife, Patricia Beech. They also had a second son, Dae Bennett, before divorcing in 1970. The musician also shared two daughters, Joanna and Antonia Bennett, with his previous wife, Sandra Grant. They split in 1984. Bennett then married Benedetto in 2007.

Anthony Dominick Benedetto ( August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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