Inside Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's Lasting and Collaborative Friendship: 'We Surely Love Each Other'
More than a decade ago,Tony BennettandLady Gagaturned an unlikely musical pairing into a lasting and collaborative friendship. The jazz legend, whodied at age 96 on Fridayafter living with Alzheimer’s disease since 2016, met Gaga in 2011 and quickly formed a close-knit relationship with the pop star, which resulted in two Grammy-winning duet albums:Cheek to CheekandLove for Sale. Their first encounter went down at theRobin Hood Foundation charity gala, where Gaga, 37, performed the jazz standard “Orange Colored Sky” and caught Bennett’s attention....