Lady Gaga is mourning the death of Tony Bennett, who passed away last week at age 96. "I will miss my friend forever," she began a lengthy Instagram post. "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.

Bennett retired from performing in 2021 after revealing he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2016. Gaga said: "I've been grieving the loss of Tony for a long time. We had a very long and powerful goodbye. "Though there were five decades between us, he was my friend.

L ady Gaga has reflected on the “painful but beautiful” loss of US jazz singer Tony Bennett to Alzheimer's. The US singer and actress, 37, broke her silence following the death of her “real true friend” and long-time collaborator Bennett. The singer died in his hometown of New York aged 96 on July 21.

In 2021, he and Gaga put on a sold-out performance at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and broadcast on CBS. Bennett had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's by then, but when he sang, he came alive, his accompanist Lee Musiker and Gaga both said in an interview with Anderson Cooper for "60 Minutes."

"I said to him, 'Someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the f---ing deli without hearing or seeing me." It wasn't just ex-lovers who didn't think that Gaga could go all the way, but Gaga didn't let the criticism get to her. "I ate sh-- for so long," she explained.

Citing needing time to "slow down for a moment for some healing," Gaga said she will take a "rest" from music. She made this announcement while in Toronto for two concerts and the Toronto International Film Festival where her upcoming Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two, will premiere.

"I asked Tony to draw me a trumpet, and he sketched me Miles Davis' trumpet. Then I had it tattooed with his last name, Benedetto, underneath. Just so I would always remember this time together" said Lady Gaga. Their bond grew when they released the jazz album 'Cheek to Cheek' in 2014, which debuted at No.

Tony Bennett's last words. Tony Bennett's last words were revealed by his wife, Susan, whom he was with for more than 20 years before marrying in 2007. In what would've been his 97th birthday on August 3, 2023, Susan spoke to Today's Hota Kotb the final thing he said to her. “That he loved me,” she shared.

“I can't tell you how much I learned from him, and what it's like to sing with a legend for so many years.” Bennett, who often referred to Gaga as “Lady,” praised her talent and friendship over the years, too. And he loved Gaga for who she was, with her penchant for extravagant costumes and towering wigs.

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Tony helped Gaga reclaim her voice “I felt dead,” she told Parade in 2014. “And then I spent a lot of time with Tony. He wanted nothing but my friendship and my voice.” Bennett convinced Gaga to keep performing, she said.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer's disease starts in the brain many years before symptoms start to show. Early symptoms are mild and so don't stop someone doing their normal everyday activities. It's only later that symptoms become severe enough to be called 'dementia'.