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Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is
96 today.
Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is
95 today.
Tony Bennett has won 19 Grammy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented in 2001) and two Primetime
Emmy Awards, and was named an NEA Jazz Master and a
Kennedy Center Honoree. Bennett has sold over 50 million
records worldwide.
In February 2021, it was revealed that Bennett was diagnosed
with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016. Due to the slow progression
of his illness, he has continued to record, tour, and perform.
(FOXNEWS) – The legendary Marv Albert called the final game of his
55-year career on Saturday night.
Albert, who served as the play-by-play broadcaster for TNT,
announced in May that he had plans to retire once the Eastern Conference Finals were over. On Saturday night, the Bucks
defeated the Hawks in Game 6 to wrap up the series and set
up a Milwaukee-Phoenix NBA Finals, which will begin on
Tuesday.
Clifford Ralph Robinson (December 16, 1966 – August 29, 2020)
Clifford Robinson, a former NBA All-Star and the 1993 Sixth Man of the
Year Award winner, has died.
The cause of Robinson’s death wasn’t immediately known. He had
suffered a stroke in March 2017 and had a tumor removed from his
jaw in March 2018.
Robinson played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association
(NBA). Selected in the second round of the 1989 NBA draft, he played
the first eight seasons of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers,
followed by stints with the Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Golden
State Warriors, and New Jersey Nets.