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RIP Tony Bennett pic.twitter.com/FbFYzjErqi
— St. Olaf Stories (@StOlafStories) July 21, 2023 -
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"It's the care that creates the longevity." Remembering the legendary Tony Bennett today. #TonyBennett pic.twitter.com/ru8OVvRYgE
— American Masters (@PBSAmerMasters) July 21, 2023 -
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Tony Bennett 1926-2023
— The Beatles Legacy (@TheBeatlesPMcC) July 21, 2023
"The Very Thought Of You", Tony Benett & Paul McCartney, 2006. pic.twitter.com/5YfqzF9G7q -
Inside Tony Bennett’s Civil Rights Work, Marching with Martin Luther King Jr. and Liberating Nazi Camp
Tony Bennett was more than a legendary jazz vocalist. He was also a soldier who witnessed horrors as he fought in World War II and was enraged by racism. As his career skyrocketed and he became a voice of his generation, he never lost sight of what he truly cared about: advocating for equal rights.
Bennett — who died on Friday at age 96 — was drafted into the U.S. Army at age 18 in 1944. The next year, he was deployed to Europe with the 63rd Infantry Division where he replaced deceased soldiers in the frontlines at the Battle of the Bulge. He opened up about his experience in his 1988 autobiography The Good Life.
His division fought its way across Germany and he was among the soldiers who liberated the Kaufering Concentration Camp, which was the largest subcamp of the Dachau complex. Days later, the war in Europe ended with Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender and Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto) was sent to Mannheim as a part of the Allied occupation force of postwar Germany.
It was there that he first picked up the microphone and would entertain the troops with his vocal talent and began singing with the 314th Army Special Services Band.
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Sad day to lose yet another American Icon…but we will always have his music. Pass it on…
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