Susan Benedetto is grieving the loss of her partner, Tony Bennett, following his fatality. The widow described several of her last days with the vocalist as well as disclosed what his last words were, along with the really last track he sang coming from his decades-long occupation.
Speaking with Hoda Kotb on TODAY, Benedetto disclosed that Bennett’s touching last words were “that he loved me,” she claimed.
“He would wake up every day and still say that. He woke up happy every day. Even if he had had a bad day or night, he didn’t remember it,” Benedetto proceeded. “That was the only blessing. He woke up happy. And he’s just like, ‘Susan. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.’ And he would say that to me all the time.”
Benedetto as well as Bennett celebrated a marriage in 2007, greater than two decades after their initial conference at one of his shows in 1985. She likewise disclosed that he sang among his timeless tracks prior to diing.
“He sang ‘Because of You.’ We were getting him up to exercise, and so it was easy to just latch onto the piano,” she claimed. “And I said, ‘Ton, why don’t you get up and you can sing?’ You know, any excuse to just get him up. I said, ‘Why don’t you sing?’ He’s like, ‘What do you want to hear?’ I said, ‘How about singing “Because of You”?’ So he sang ‘Because of You.’” (“Because of You” showed up on Bennett’s 1952 launching cd.)
The “I Wanna Be Around” vocalist died on July 21 at 96 adhering to a years-long fight with Alzheimer’s condition.
Watch Benedetto’s meeting on TODAY in the video clip over.
