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Tony Bennett rushed to hospital from the White House-1996

On December 21,1996 - Singer Extraordinary Tony Bennett was rushed to a D.C. hospital for an emergency operation for an erupted hernia. Bennett was just arriving at the White House for a holiday dinner with President Clinton and Mrs. Clinton when he fell ill.

Tony

recovered nicely, and at 83 he is still out singing the songs of the Great American Songbook.

Here is Tony singing Jerome Kern's "The Way You Look Tonight" from Elvis Costello's Bravo tv series.

 

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