"A lifelong liberal Democrat, Mr. Bennett participated in the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march in 1965, and, along with Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis Jr. and others, performed at the Stars for Freedom rally on the City of St. Jude campus on the outskirts of Montgomery on March 24, the night before the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the address that came to be known as the "How Long? Not Long" speech. At the conclusion of the march, Viola Liuzzo, a volunteer from Michigan, drove Mr. Bennett to the airport; she was murdered later that day by members of the Ku Klux Klan."
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Bruce Weber "Tony Bennett, Jazzy Crooner of the American Songbook, Is Dead at 96" The New York Times (July 21, 2023)
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Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto, August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023) was an American popular music, standards and jazz singer.
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