Bennett was born Anthony Dominick Benedetto in 1926. Here, he stands in front of his father, John, and his siblings Mary and John Jr. This photo was posted to Bennett's Facebook account for Father's Day in 2020. He said his dad "inspired my love of both art and music, and I owe much of my success to him."
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Bennett was discovered by Bob Hope while performing at a New York City club in 1949. It was Hope who suggested his stage name. Bennett signed with Columbia Records in 1950.
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Bennett performs on a stage in Cleveland as local DJ Bill Randall applauds and young girls scream in the audience. Bennett had a string of hits in the early to mid-1950s, including chart-toppers "Because of You" and "Rags to Riches."
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Bennett and his first wife, Patricia, leave St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan after their wedding in 1952.
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Bennett plays with his son D'Andrea next to his son Daegal and Pat the collie in 1957. His wife, Patricia, is on the left.
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Bennett and Sammy Davis Jr. perform on a television show circa 1960.
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Bennett performs live on stage for a TV broadcast in 1962.
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Bennett works in his home garden. In 1963, his recording of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" won Grammy Awards for record of the year and best solo vocal performance.
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Bennett presents jazz great Louis Armstrong with a portrait that he painted in 1970. Bennett became an accomplished painter with artworks on permanent display at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.
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After his first marriage ended in divorce after nearly 20 years, Bennett married his second wife, Sandra, seen here.
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Bennett paints a city landscape in 1971.
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Bennett feeds pigeons with his daughter Joanna in 1972.
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Bennett performs on the show "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" in 1975.
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Frank Sinatra puts his arm around Bennett in the TV special "Frank Sinatra and Friends" in 1977.
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Bennett and San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein hang onto the outside of a San Francisco cable car before taking a test ride in 1984. Feinstein is now a US senator.
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Bennett displays his watercolor painting "Peace," which he donated to the United Nations in 1987. After his popularity waned in the 1970s, Bennett re-signed with Columbia Records in 1986 and began to revitalize his career. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, he found a new audience of young people and appeared on shows such as "Late Night with David Letterman" and "The Simpsons."
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Bennett, next to singer Patti LaBelle, entertain the crowd as part of the Super Bowl halftime show in 1995.
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Bennett displays two Grammys he won in 1995. He won album of the year and best traditional pop vocal performance for "MTV Unplugged."
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Bennett and Elton John attend the Rainforest Foundation Benefit at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1999.
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Bennett watches an artist work on a wax figure of him at Madame Tussaud's in New York in 2000.
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Bennett stands on the San Francisco Giants' field prior to the start of a World Series game in 2002.
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Bennett and Paul McCartney perform together at a benefit event in Mountain View, California, in 2004.
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Bennett signs copies of his album "The Art Of Romance" at a bookstore in New York in 2004.
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Bennett was a Kennedy Center honoree in 2005 along with Tina Turner, Robert Redford, Julie Harris and Suzanne Farrell.
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Bennett kisses an Emmy Award he won in 2007 for the TV special "Tony Bennett: An American Classic."
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Bennett and Billy Joel perform together at New York's Shea Stadium in 2008.
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Bennett speaks to reporters after presenting his painting of jazz musician Duke Ellington to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in 2009.
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Bennett and Stevie Wonder speak at the Apollo Theater Spring Gala in 2011.
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Bennett holds a couple more Grammy Awards that he won in 2012. He won one for his album "Duets II" and one for his song "Body and Soul" with Amy Winehouse.
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Bennett and his third wife, Susan, attend a gala at New York's Radio City Music Hall in 2016. They married in 2007.
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Bennett poses for a photo at the American Ballet Theatre Fall Gala in 2019.
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Bennett appears on camera for the Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Children's Diabetes Foundation in 2020.
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Bennett and Lady Gaga perform live at Radio City Music Hall in 2021. The two artists, who first teamed up in 2011, also released a joint album.
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