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Headline: BREAKING NEWS: Tony Bennett dies aged 96
Caption: The legendary pop and jazz crooner passed away on Friday morning in New York City following a battle with Alzheimer's disease. Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto, Bennett released his first album, Because of You, in 1952 and went on to chart in America in every subsequent decade of his life. He is perhaps best known for his 1962 signature song I Left My Heart in San Francisco. Over the course of his eight-decade career, he won 20 Grammys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, released more than 70 albums, and sold more than 50 million records worldwide.
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