Anthony Dominick Benedetto, In Memoriam

For once, something good to say of the dead.

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:

Tony Bennett, enraged by racism, championed civil rights alongside MLK  —  In an era when most white entertainers stayed on the sidelines, the singer marched for racial equality and resisted apartheid.  —  In the 1950s, Tony Bennett watched with dismay as Black musicians like Nat King Cole and Duke Ellington were denied admission to concert hall dining rooms and hotels. The injustice he witnessed infuriated the young singer.

Matt Schudel / Washington Post:   Tony Bennett, singing star with an enduring second act, dies at 96

Richard L. Eldredge / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   From 2002: Tony Bennett honored by King Center for his lifelong fight against racism

Tim Jonze / The Guardian:   Tony Bennett, US singer with seven-decade career, dies aged 96

Chris Morris / Variety:   Tony Bennett, Master Pop Vocalist, Dies at 96

Jenna Moon / Semafor:   How the world remembers Tony Bennett

 Dave Kindy / Washington Post:

Tony Bennett saw racism and horror in World War II.  It changed him.  —  What were the chances?  Thousands of miles from home, in a foreign land devastated by war, old friends bumped into each other on the street.  —  It was Thanksgiving Day, 1945, when two U.S. Army soldiers met unexpectedly in Mannheim, Germany.