Lady Gaga 反映するs on 'painful' but 'beautiful' 過程 of losing friend Tony Bennett to Alzheimer's and 勧めるs younger 世代 to 'take care of your 年上のs' in powerful message に引き続いて his death at 96

Lady Gaga finally spoke about the death of her longtime friend and 協力者 Tony Bennett in a moving 地位，任命する 株d to Instagram late on Sunday night.?The 37-year-old singer?songwriter 地位，任命するd a 甘い photo of herself and the 伝説の crooner ― who died on July 21 at 96 ― as they leaned in for a big 抱擁する.

'I will 行方不明になる my friend forever,' she began her 非常に長い and emotional caption. 'I will 行方不明になる singing with him, 記録，記録的な／記録するing with him, talking with him, 存在 on 行う／開催する／段階 together.' さらに先に 負かす／撃墜する, the actress, who had Bennett sketch one of her tattoos, 明らかにするd that their 関係 was 'very real,' and not just a transactional interaction to 支える their fame.?にもかかわらず that, she helped give Tony one last 最高の，を越す 10 攻撃する，衝突する with their 2021 duets album Love For Sale, which 示すd his final 解放（する） while alive.

Gaga then 噴出するd about the strong 社債 and 関係 that they had, typing, 'With Tony, I got to live my life in a time warp. Tony & I had this magical 力／強力にする. We 輸送（する）d ourselves to another 時代, modernized the music together, & gave it all new life as a singing 二人組.' She 強調するd that their 関係 was 'real' and 追加するd, 'it wasn't an 行為／法令／行動する. Our 関係 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 長，率いる screwed on straight. "Straight ahead," he'd say. He was an 楽天主義者, he believed in 質 work AND 質 life. 加える, there was the 感謝...Tony was always 感謝する.'

The songstress then 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d a few hi storical moments Bennett had been a part of during his lifetime. 'He served in WWII, marched with ツバメ Luther King Jr., and sang jazz with the greatest singers and players in the world.' The Poker 直面する singer emotionally 表明するd that she has been 'grieving the loss of Tony' but 追加するd that the pair 'had a very long and powerful goodbye.'?Gaga, whose real 指名する is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, 明言する／公表するd that she will 'never forget this experience' and the Rags To Riches singer.

'If I could say anything to the world about this I would say don’t 割引 your 年上のs, don’t leave them behind when things change,' she movingly 追加するd に向かって the end of her heart-tugging 尊敬の印. 'Don’t flinch when you feel sad, just keep going straight ahead, sadness is part of it. Take care of your 年上のs and I 約束 you will learn something special. Maybe even magical.' 'And 支払う／賃金 attention to silence―some of my musical partner and I’s most meaningful 交流s were with no melody at all,' the performer wrote, 結論するing with, 'I love you Tony. Love, Lady.'

On July 21, Tony's publicist, Sylvia Weiner, 発表するd that the crooner had passed away. Although a 原因（となる） of death was not 明らかにする／漏らすd, he 顕著に was 診断するd with Alzheimer's in 2016, but didn't 知らせる his fans of the diagnosis until 2021. にもかかわらず 戦う／戦いing the 病気, the singer continuously stuck by his 楽観主義, and 共同製作するd with Lady Gaga on the album, Love For Sale, which was 解放（する）d in September 2021. Along with the Just Dance songstress, Tony had 共同製作するd with a number of other 星／主役にするs throughout his long-継続している career, such as Amy Winehouse and Frank Sinatra.

Bennett and Gaga first crossed paths in 2011 while …に出席するing the コマドリ Hood 創立／基礎 祝祭 in NYC. During a past interview with People in 2014, she 解任するd 会合 the crooner after she sang Nat King Cole's Orange Colored Sky. 'Tony heard me sing it, and he asked to 会合，会う me,' the Born This Way singer said. 'He said, "Do you want to do a jazz album together?" I said, "Of course I do!" We were 急速な／放蕩な friends.' Tony had also recounted the night, and told Parade in 2014, 'It was the first time I heard Lady 成し遂げる, and I could not believe the audience's reaction.'

The pair 解放（する）d Cheek To Cheek in 2014, which jumped to the number one 位置／汚点／見つけ出す on the Billboard 200 chart and earned the two singers a Grammy. At the time, he （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 his own 記録，記録的な／記録する of 存在 the oldest living performer with a number one Billboard charting album at the age of 88.?Their second collaborative album, Love For Sale, which was a 尊敬の印 to Cole Porter, received a total of six Grammy 指名／任命s. The album would also be their last collaborative album together before his death. His last public 業績／成果 was also with Gaga.

The two 再会させるd at 無線で通信する City Music Hall in NYC in August 2021 for the One Last Time concert. The sold-out show was 記録，記録的な／記録するd and later 空気／公表するd in November of that year. During an interview with 60 Minutes , the actress and singer 解任するd joining her の近くに friend on 行う／開催する／段階. 'That's the first time that Tony said my 指名する in a long time. I had to keep it together because we had a sold-out show and I have a 職業 to do. But I'll tell you when I walked out on that 行う／開催する／段階 and he said, "It's Lady Gaga." My friend saw me. It was very special.'

During her interview with People in 2014, Gaga also 明らかにする／漏らすd that Tony had a very big 役割 in a tattoo that she has on her upper 権利 arm. 'I asked Tony to draw me a trumpet, and he sketched me Miles Davis' trumpet,' she 解任するd to the 出口. 'Then I had it tattooed with his last 指名する, Benedetto, underneath. Just so I would always remember this time together.'

Just weeks before his passing, Tony was seen in a 車椅子 in NYC's Central Park in images and ビデオs 得るd by DailyMail.com. He could be seen wearing a （土地などの）細長い一片d polo shirt 同様に as a pair of blue trousers. A source explained that the New York 明言する／公表する Of Mind hitmaker went おもに unnoticed by other individuals who were in the park at the same time.?A 構成 artist who was の近くに to Bennett's home also told DailyMail.com that only a few weeks before his death, she had seen the singer 存在 押し進めるd in a 車椅子 by a caregiver and 明言する／公表するd that 'he was smiling but you knew he was not all there.'

The singer, who was married three times, is 生き残るd by his third spouse, Susan Benedetto (pictured together), and his four children, two sons and two daughters, from his two previous marriages. Susan, who tied the knot with Tony in 2007, recently told People, 'Benedetto, his family 指名する, which I made my own when we married, means "the blessed one." And I was most certainly blessed to have Tony in my life.' Read the 十分な story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12355327/Lady-Gaga-FINALLY-演説（する）／住所s-death-late-friend-collabor ator-Tony-Bennett-株-somber-photo-two-hugging-行方不明になる-friend-forever.html?ito=msngallery

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