Tony Bennett Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s Disease, Still Working on 2nd Lady Gaga Album

Tony Bennett, has had Alzheimer’s disease since 2016. The 94-year-old New York native star told AARP he has not yet experienced disorientation or rage, “but there was little doubt that the disease had progressed.” “[Tony Bennett has] cognitive issues, but multiple other areas of his brain are still resilient and functioning well,” said Bennett’s doctor, Lenox Hill Hospital neurologist Gayatri Devi, M.D.

Tony Bennett’s final album might be another collaboration with Lady Gaga. The 94-year-old musician’s family announced on Monday that he’s been battling Alzheimer’s disease since 2016 in a profile for AARP Magazine.

Tony Bennett's final album might be another collaboration with Lady Gaga. The 94-year-old musician's family announced on Monday that he's been battling Alzheimer's disease since 2016 in a profile for . In the profile, it was revealed that Gaga and Bennett recorded a follow-up album to 2014's between 2018 and 2020, while he was privately dealing with his diagnosis. The follow-up album to suffered several delays due to Gaga's jam-packed few years and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga have teamed up once again for a brand new duets album together.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlong with the news that legendary singer Tony Bennett is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the singer’s team revealed that he and Lady Gaga recorded a follow-up to their chart-topping 2014 album, “Cheek to Cheek,” even as Bennett battled the disease.The news, confirmed by a rep for Bennett, was revealed in the AARP magazine article announcing Bennett’s illness, which he and his team manager to keep under wraps since he was diagnosed in 2016.

Read more: John Lydon opens up on caring for wife with Alzheimer’sThe neurologist who diagnosed the singer, Gayatri Devi, told AARP that Bennet had “cognitive issues, but multiple other areas of his brain are still resilient and functioning well". “He is doing so many things, at 94, that many people without dementia cannot do.

for the US magazine AARP. He also wrote on Twitter: “Life is a gift – even with Alzheimer’s.

With coronavirus continuing to ravage the country, health has been on the forefront of our minds. But one music icon has been dealing with a very different battle.

Tony Bennett and his family on Monday revealed that he has been battlingAlzheimer’s disease. The 94-year-old iconic singerwas diagnosed in 2016, according to a feature in AARP magazine.

Tony Bennett has a loving and loyal caregiver — his wife of nearly 14 years, Susan Benedetto. On Monday, Bennett's family announced that the 94-year-old musician has been battling Alzheimer's disease for the last four years, and Susan opened up in both an  profile and with about her husband's condition. «We came home one night after the show and he says, 'Susan, I can't remember the musicians' names,» Susan recalled to Gayle King on.

Legendary jazz singer Tony Bennett has revealed that he has been living with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Tony Bennett has Alzheimer’s Disease, it has been revealed. The news was announced in an article published by AARP Magazine on Monday (1 February).

AARP magazine published on Monday. Tony opened up about his condition for the first time in a Twitter post, where he said 'life is a gift, even with Alzheimer's', and thanked his wife Susan Crow, 54, and his family for their continued support.

“Life is a gift – even with Alzheimer’s,” tweeted Tony Bennett’s official account on Feb. 1, while going public with his diagnosis.

NEW YORK -- Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease but it hasn't quieted his legendary voice.The singer's wife and son reveal in the latest edition of AARP The Magazine that Bennett was first diagnosed with the irreversible neurological disorder in 2016. The magazine says he endures “increasingly rarer moments of clarity and awareness.”Still, he continues to rehearse and twice a week goes through his 90-minute set with his longtime pianist, Lee Musiker.

Tony Bennett has revealed he has Alzheimer’s Disease.