Lady Gaga reflects on 'painful loss' of 'true friend’ Tony Bennett to Alzheimer’s

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Lady Gaga has shared a tribute to jazz singer Tony Bennett, speaking of a “painful but beautiful” loss.The singer and actress, 37, broke her silence following the death of her “real true friend” and long-time collaborator Bennett, who died from Alzheimer's in his hometown of New York age 96 on July 21.The pair had been frequent musical collaborators, with Bennett breaking his own record as the oldest living performer with a number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart for his duet project with Gaga titled Cheek To Cheek, released when the singer was 88 years old.

He had topped the charts three years earlier with Duets II, featuring stars including Gaga, Carrie Underwood and Amy Winehouse, in her last studio recording.

Bennett’s final album in 2021 titled Love For Sale, featured duets with Gaga on the title track, Night And Day and other Cole Porter songs, and won him his last Grammy award.

Sharing an emotional post on Instagram, Gaga wrote: “I will miss my friend forever. I will miss singing with him, recording with him, talking with him, being on stage together. “With Tony, I got to live my life in a time warp.Tony and I had this magical power. “We transported ourselves to another era, modernised the music together, and gave it all new life as a singing duo.