Who is Ton Bennett’s wife, Susan Crow?
Susan Crow Benedetto was born in San Francisco, California, United States, on September 9, 1966 – her zodiac sign is Virgo and she holds American citizenship. She is a former social science professor and entrepreneur, who rose to prominence after marrying Tony Bennett, the famous American singer, 40 years her senior.
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Early life and education
Susan was raised as an only child in San Francisco by her father Dayl who was an insurance agent and her mother Marion Crow who was a homemaker. Susan grew up wanting to be a teacher and work with children. she attended a local secondary school where she practiced singing and acting, played tennis, and was one of the top students in her class.
She matriculated in 1984, then enrolled at Fordham University from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 – she continued her studies at Teachers College, Columbia University, earning her Masters in 1990.
Teaching career
Susan has spent most of her working life as a social science teacher and became a philanthropist shortly after meeting her husband Tony. Together they founded the organization Exploring The Arts (ETA), and since 1999 it has helped build more than 17 schools in the United States. The organization encourages students to study art. Susan is currently Chair of the Board of Trustees, and for their philanthropic activities Susan and Tony were awarded the George Washington University Medals in 2010.
Susan also runs her own agency, Creative Artists Management, based in New York.
Loving Life and Marriage with Tony Bennett
Before Tony met Susan, he had already been married twice. In 1952 he married Patricia Beech who is not a famous woman but they divorced after about 19 years together because Tony had fallen in love with Sandra Grant Bennett whom he married shortly after the finalization of his divorce from Patricia. While still married to Sandra in the late 80s, he met Susan when they were introduced by Lady Gaga, their mutual friend. They began dating in secret, and it wasn’t until nearly 20 years later that Tony divorced Sandra in 2007 and married Susan in a private ceremony attended only by Mario Cuomo, the former governor. of New York, and his wife.
Susan has no children, but she is stepmother to Tony’s four children (two with Patricia and two with Sandra). It is widely believed that Tony is the only man she has been with, so as of August 2020 she is a married woman but has no biological children.
Hobbies and other interests
Susan’s main interest is doing charity work and attending charity events, and she has helped many organizations raise money for various causes, such as education for underprivileged children and for veterans. .
She loves to travel and traveled around the United States with her husband when he was performing, while the two also traveled for fun and toured Europe, staying in cities like Paris in France and Venice in Italy.
Susan also likes to sing but only for herself because she thinks she’s not very good and can’t compete with her husband!
In her spare time, she enjoys watching movies, and her favorite actors and actresses are Will Smith and Emma Watson, while some of her favorite movies are “Seven Pounds”, “I Am Legend” and the “Harry Potter” franchise. She also enjoys watching comedy series, her favorite being “The Third Rock from the Sun”.
age and height
Susan is 54 years old. She has long blonde hair and brown eyes, her height is 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m) and she weighs around 135 pounds (61 kg). As of August 2020, his net worth is estimated to be over $1 million while Tony’s net worth is said to be over $200 million.
Who is Tony Bennet?
Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born in Long Island, New York, USA on August 3, 1926 – his zodiac sign is Leo and he holds US citizenship. He is a jazz, show tunes and big band singer known for his incredible vocal talents and heartwarming lyrics.
Tony was raised alongside his older brother John Jr. and older sister Mary, by their father John Benedetto who was a grocer and who emigrated to the United States from the southern Italian region of Podargoni, and their mother Anna who was a seamstress, and whose parents emigrated from the southern Italian region of Calabria.
His father died when Tony was 10, and the family lived in relative poverty, while Tony found solace in music and artists such as Eddie Cantor, Bing Crosby and Al Jolson – he also listened to jazz artists Joe Venuti, Jack Teagarden and Louis Armstrong. Before he started attending high school, Tony was already a singer and sang at the opening of the Triborough Bridge in New York. He was also very good at drawing caricatures and started earning money at the age of 13 by singing in restaurants and selling his drawings. He enrolled in the School of Industrial Art in New York to study music and painting, but had to drop out to support his family – he got a job as a copier, then worked as a singer waiter.
He joined the US Army in November 1944 and fought through France before advancing to Germany – in March 1945 Tony found himself on the front line which he described as “front row in hell almost dying repeatedly. At the end of World War II, he helped liberate a Nazi concentration camp located in Bavaria, Germany.
He returned to the United States in 1946 and enrolled in the American Theater Wing. In 1949, he was invited to open for American actress and singer Pearl Bailey in Greenwich Village, where he met Bob Hope, a famous Anglo-American singer, actor and comedian. Bob invited Tony on tour with him, and he soon signed his first contract with a major agency – Columbia Records.
He rose to fame in the United States after the release of his debut single “Because of You”, which topped the pop charts and ended up on jukeboxes. Her next two singles, “Blue Velvet” and “Rags to Riches” both became hits, while the latter topped the charts, staying there for two months. At the end of 1953, Tony was invited by the producers of the musical “Kismet” to record the song “Stranger in Paradise”, which became a huge hit in the United States and the United Kingdom. His debut album “Cloud 7” was released in 1955 followed by his second album “The Beat of My Heart” in 1957 which attracted far more attention than the first.
Tony then worked with the Count Basie Orchestra on its next two albums, ‘Basie Swings, Bennett Sings’ and ‘In Person!’, released in 1958 and 1959 respectively, and he also began playing nightclubs.
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His single “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” won him two Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Solo Vocal Performance. His ‘I Wanna Be Around’ album was released in 1963, and in 1965 Tony attempted to launch his acting career by appearing in the film ‘The Oscar’, but it didn’t attract much attention, which which led Tony to abandon his idea of becoming a film actor.
When The Beatles became popular, it was more difficult for Tony and the likes to create hits, and Tony’s popularity dropped somewhat, leading to him starting to use drugs in the late 1990s. 1970s – Tony nearly died of a cocaine overdose in 1979, before his son Danny successfully helped him by finding him new places to sing and settling his disputes with the IRS.
Tony was officially back on his feet in 1986 when his hit new album “The Art of Excellence” hit the charts.
He then sang on talk shows such as “Late Night with David Letterman”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and “Muppets Tonight”, and was successful in attracting young audiences. In 1990 he released his album ‘Astoria: Portrait of the Artist’ followed by ‘Perfectly Frank’ in 1992 and ‘Steppin’ Out’ in 1993. Tony has been a famous singer since the early 90’s and has since managed to grow his net worth from $20 million to $200 million.
The sentiment of Charlie Chaplin’s lyrics for “Smile” is inspiring in today’s world, and it’s one of my favorite songs to perform. I believe life is always worth it, if you just smile. https://t.co/LdHTLwLDqU pic.twitter.com/Uqz43vJoM1
— Tony Bennett (@itstonybennett) August 11, 2020
Tony also became an established painter, who held exhibitions in galleries around the world. Noteworthy is Tony’s painting ‘Homage to Hockney’ on display at the Butler Institute of American Art, while some of his other works are in the National Arts Club and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He is also a writer, having published his first book in 1996 entitled “Tony Bennett: What My Heart Has Seen”, followed by his second book “The Good Life: The Autobiography of Tony Bennett” in 1998. He published ” Tony Bennett in the Studio: A Life of Art & Music” in 2007, while his last two books are “Life is a Gift: The Zen of Bennett” and “Just Getting Started” published in 2012 and 2016 respectively.
At 94, Tony still appears healthy, still performs occasionally and continues to enjoy life with his third wife, Susan Crow.
