Tony Bennett in San Francisco, 2002 [Photo: tonybennett.com] Bennett’s death, less than two weeks from his 97th birthday, was confirmed to the Associated Press by his publicist Sylvia Weiner.

Tony Bennett was known to sketch people and places, like this charcoal drawing of Central Park. Tony Bennett may have left his heart in San Francisco, but his artist’s eye loved the Big Apple.

At the time, he preferred art class, because as he told WQXR in 1981, he found “music classes [to be] terribly boring.” Related: 15 Best Tony Bennett Songs ...

“Tony Bennett left us an awe-inspiring legacy as a renaissance man who used his talents not only to entertain but to bridge generations and champion equality through his music and art,” says ...

“Tony Bennett was a consummate artist. All you have to do is listen to any one of his hundreds of recordings to recognize that,” Scorsese wrote in a statement.

Thinking of Tony Bennett, who left us last week, Oprah collected his art . .Sarah Vaughan had his canvas of Tokyo, Radio City showed his art exhibit, he sang for presidents George W. Bush and Clinton.

Tony Bennett: It's the only great art form that's ever been created in the United States, by African-Americans in New Orleans. They invented it, to improvise, elongated improvisation.

“Tony Bennett's love for New York City was only topped by his love for Astoria. It's where he helped open the new home of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts—impacting so many young scholars.

They sparkled under the stars in the Tony Bennett Concert Hall at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School. With voices as silky smooth as the crooner himself, high school students soothed ...