Lady Gaga saying that “Tony Bennett saved [her] life” in the wake of the latter’s death.The veteran crooner died in New York City today (Friday, July 21) at the age of 96.
A cause of death has not yet been disclosed, but Bennett had been living with Alzheimer’s disease since 2016.His final studio recording was 2021’s ‘Love For Sale’, a collaborative album with Gaga.
The pair had previously joined forces on a 2014 duet LP called ‘Cheek To Cheek’. In 2011, Bennett recorded a version of ‘The Lady Is A Tramp’ with Gaga for his ‘Duets II’ collection.During an interview with CBS nine years ago, Gaga credited Bennett with “saving” her following a period of personal and professional difficulty.“You know, it’s one thing to put a train on the tracks,” she explained. “But it’s another thing to keep the train on the tracks.
You just can’t let a train out on the tracks and just run out. It’ll… I crashed.”Gaga went on to say at the time that she “didn’t even want to make music anymore” at one point in 2013.“I just want to be happy, and I can’t tell you how happy singing this music makes me,” the pop star added tearfully, referring to ‘Cheek To Cheek’.“Tony Bennett saved my life” —Lady Gaga pic.twitter.com/ehj463TrBO— Gaga Daily (@gagadaily) July 21, 2023“I got tired of fighting to keep [the music] my way,” she explained. “And Tony… that’s one of the first things he said to me.
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