Lady Gaga Pays Emotional Tribute To Tony Bennett: ‘I Will Miss My Friend Forever’
31.07.2023 - 12:45
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Lady Gaga paid a heartfelt tribute to her friend Tony Bennett in a lengthy Instagram post on Sunday.
The “Just Dance” hitmaker shared a snap of the pair hugging, writing that she “will miss my friend forever.”
Bennett passed away at age 96 on July 21.
Gaga had a very special relationship with the iconic crooner, making two albums together and embarking on their “Cheek to Cheek” tour, performing together again in 2021 for the TV special “One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga”.
Gaga wrote, “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 & I had this magical power. We transported ourselves to another era, modernized the music together, & gave it all new life as a singing duo. But it wasnt an act. Our relationship was very real.
“Sure he taught me about music, about showbiz life, but he also showed me how to keep my spirits high and my head screwed on straight. ‘Straight ahead,’ he’d say. He was an optimist, he believed in quality work AND quality life. Plus, there was the gratitude… Tony was always grateful. He served in WWII, marched with Martin Luther King Jr., and sang jazz with the greatest singers and players in the world.”
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She continued, “I’ve been grieving the loss of Tony for a long time. We had a very long and powerful goodbye. Though there were 5 decades between us, he was my friend. My real true friend. Our age difference didn’t matter — in fact, it gave us each something neither of us had with most people. We were