Tony Bennett’s Son Shares His Father’s Final Words

Tony Bennett’s son Danny shares his father’s last words after his death on July 21 at age 96.

“His last words to me (were), ‘Thank you,’” Danny told TODAY’s Hoda Kotb in a joint interview on August 3rd with Bennett’s wife, Susan Benedetto. “Can’t say it better than that.”

Danny is Tony and Patricia Beech’s eldest son. They were married from 1950 to 1970.

Bennett’s cause of death is unclear. The crooner was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016, and the family shared the news in 2021.

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