Lady Gaga Mourns Tony Bennett After His Death

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Lady Gaga finally broke her silence about the death of Tony Bennett with a touching tribute to her 'true friend.'

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00:00 We also lost music legend Tony Bennett on July 21st and his long time collaborator and

00:05 friend Lady Gaga broke her silence on his passing with a beautiful Instagram post.

00:10 The songstress shared a photo of herself hugging the jazz star with a moving caption that began

00:14 "I will miss my friend forever.

00:17 I will miss singing with him, recording with him, talking with him, being on stage together.

00:22 With Tony, I got to live my life in a time warp.

00:25 Tony and I had this magical power.

00:26 We transported ourselves to another era.

00:29 Tony and I organized the music together and gave it all new life as a singing duo.

00:33 But it wasn't an act.

00:35 Our relationship was very real.

00:36 Sure, he taught me about music, about showbiz life, but he also showed me how to keep my

00:40 spirits high and my head screwed on straight."

00:43 Straight ahead, he'd say.

00:45 He was an optimist.

00:46 He believed in quality work and quality life.

00:49 Plus, there was the gratitude.

00:50 Tony was always grateful.

00:52 He served in World War II, marched with Martin Luther King Jr., and sang jazz with the greatest

00:56 singers and players in the world.

00:58 The Star is Born star admitted that she's been grieving the loss of Tony for a long

01:01 time, revealing that they had a very long and powerful goodbye.

01:05 Lady Gaga continued, "Though there were five decades between us, he was my friend.

01:09 My real true friend.

01:10 Our age difference didn't matter.

01:12 In fact, it gave us each something neither of us had with most people.

01:16 We were from two different stages in life entirely, inspired.

01:20 Losing Tony to Alzheimer's has been painful, but it was also really beautiful.

01:24 An era of memory loss is such a sacred time in a person's life.

01:28 There's such a feeling of vulnerability and a desire to preserve dignity.

01:32 All I wanted was for Tony to remember how much I loved him and how grateful I was to

01:36 have him in my life.

01:37 But as that faded slowly, I knew deep down he was sharing with me the most vulnerable

01:41 moment in his life that he could, being willing to sing with me when his nature was changing

01:46 so deeply.

01:47 I'll never forget this experience.

01:48 I'll never forget Tony Bennett."

01:51 Lady Gaga also left a lesson at the end of her note to fans, telling them to not discount

01:55 your elders, explaining, "Don't leave them behind when things change.

01:59 Don't flinch when you feel sad.

02:01 Just keep going straight ahead.

02:03 Sadness is part of it.

02:04 Take care of your elders, and I promise you will learn something special, maybe even magical.

02:09 And pay attention to silence.

02:11 Some of my musical partner and I's most meaningful exchanges were with no melody at all."

02:15 It's emotional.

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