![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tony-bennetts-heartbreaking-dementia-battle/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Hugh-Jackman-Maya-Rudolph-And-Tony-Bennett-On-The-Tonight-Show-With-Jay-Leno.jpg&description=Legendary musician Tony Bennett's passing was confirmed after a few years of him enduring a heartbreaking battle with Alzheimer's, which he raised awareness for weeks earlier The passing of Tony Bennett was sadly confirmed by his publicist Sylvia Weiner on Thursday. And while a cause of death has yet to be revealed, it has been known that the legendary singer endured a heartbreaking battle with Alzheimer's disease, which he was first diagnosed with in 2016, and made public in 2021. Speaking of the severity of the degenerative brain disease, his wife Susan Crow recalled: "I would explain, but he wouldn't get it. He'd tell me, 'Susan, I feel fine.'" "That's all he could process — that physically he felt great. So, nothing changed in his life. Anything that did change, he wasn't aware of." However, while he had reportedly been feeling fine and not experiencing common side effects such as terror, rage or depression associated with the condition, his disease had "progressed". Gayatri Devi, a neurologist at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital who diagnosed Tony in 2016, heartbreakingly added: "Even his increasingly rare moments of clarity and awareness reveal the depths of his debility", according to AARP Magazine in 2021. However, relatives of Tony revealed at the time that there would be one phrase that would snap the performer back to a showman amid his battle with Alzheimer's. "The moment he heard the announcer's voice boom 'Ladies and gentlemen — Tony Bennett!' he would transform himself into performance mode, stride out into the spotlight, smiling and acknowledging the audience's applause," it was said. Meanwhile, Tony had also raised awareness of Alzheimer's disease in a post that featured a photo of him and his wife Susan, which was shared on social media just weeks before his death. The couple were seen holding up a sign that featured the hashtag #ENDALZ. The hashtag is understood to relate to supporting those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and their families, fea){kind=link}
Legendary musician Tony Bennett’s passing was confirmed after a few years of him enduring a heartbreaking battle with Alzheimer’s, which he raised awareness for weeks earlier
The passing of Tony Bennett was sadly confirmed by his publicist Sylvia Weiner on Thursday.
And while a cause of death has yet to be revealed, it has been known that the legendary singer endured a heartbreaking battle with Alzheimer’s disease, which he was first diagnosed with in 2016, and made public in 2021.
Speaking of the severity of the degenerative brain disease, his wife Susan Crow recalled: “I would explain, but he wouldn’t get it. He’d tell me, ‘Susan, I feel fine.'”
“That’s all he could process – that physically he felt great. So, nothing changed in his life. Anything that did change, he wasn’t aware of.”