# Tony Bennett dead at 96 - July 21, 2023

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-bennett-dead-at-96-july-21-2023/987350>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death, music\
**Created:** [July 21, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-bennett-dead-at-96-july-21-2023/987350 "2023-07-21T13:04:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-bennett-dead-at-96-july-21-2023/987350/21 "2023-07-24T16:53:25Z")

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Here in Charlottesville, Va., a different Tony Bennett is beloved as the first coach to lead the Virginia men’s basketball team to a national championship. I know the TV station where I work took a little extra care to stress that it was the singer’s death and not the coach’s, and I imagine that everyone else in local media was similarly attentive.

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