Tony Bennett Grieves Amy Winehouse's Death, Says She Was His Idol
Tony Bennett had always looked upto late singer Amy Winehouse, as a unique talent.
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Celebrated
singer
Tony
Bennett
says
he
regrets
not
being
able
to
tell
late
songstress
Amy
Winehouse
about
how
much
he
acknowledged
her
songs
before
she
passed
away.
The
Back
To
Black
singer
died
in
July
2011,
resulting
from
an
accidental
alcohol
poisoning.
But
Tony
Bennett
aging
90,
feels
he
should
have
told
Amy
that
she
was
his
idol
too,
and
he
used
to
look
up
to
her
as
a
unique
talent.
"Should
I
have
told
her
that
I'd
contended
a
little
bit
with
drugs
and
alcohol
myself
and
knew
how
you
can
fall
into
a
bad
cycle,
but
I
also
knew
that
you
could
bring
yourself
back?," Benett
mentioned
in
his
book.
"Would
it
have
made
a
difference
if
someone
she
considered
an
idol
had
said
to
her
something
like,
'You're
my
idol.
You
are
a
once-in-a-lifetime
talent.
Please
don't
take
that
from
the
world',"
Bennett
mentioned
further.
The
Lady
Is
A
Tramp
singer
also
praised
Amy
for
her
"engaging,
funny
and
charming" nature.
He
thought
Amy
would
have
loved
to
record
songs
with
him.
"Amy
was
engaging,
funny,
charming,
and
utterly
professional
but
a
little
bit
shy.
She
said
she
was
nervous
because
she
had
never
recorded
a
song
with
someone
she
considered
to
be
one
of
her
idols,"
Tony
Bennett
penned
down
in
his
book.