Tony Bennett has Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of age-related dementia. Alzheimer's is characterized by a progressive memory loss that robs its sufferers of many of the gifts that we all take for granted −　speech, understanding, treasured memories, recognition of loved ones − and leaves them utterly dependent on caregivers. Bennett, first diagnosed in 2016, has so far been spared the disorientation that can prompt patients to wander from home, as well as the episodes of terror, rage or depression that can accompany Alzheimer's frightening detachment from reality; and, indeed, he might never develop these symptoms.

４年前からアルツを患っている話が本人、家族から公表され、詳細がAARPに掲載された。

1951: Because of You
First No. 1 hit

1953: Rags to Riches
Later opened the film Goodfellas

1959: Smile
A definitive take on the Charlie Chaplin classic

1962: I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Homesick ballad by a pair of unknowns

1965: The Shadow of Your Smile
Wrings a tear with oboe-like low notes

1965: Fly Me to the Moon
A spine-chilling, melancholy treatment

1975: But Beautiful
Reflects his midlife pain and doubt

2011: Body and Soul (with Amy Winehouse)
A heartbreaking jazz improvisation

2011: The Lady Is a Tramp (with Lady Gaga)
These two have such fun it's palpable. ‐J.C.

by Kelsey Bennett