Tony Bennett‘s heartbroken daughters have prompt they had been prevented from seeing their ailing father within the days earlier than his dying as they questioned the extent of care he acquired in an explosive new interview.
The legendary singer died in his hometown of New York, aged 96, on July 21, 2023, seven years after he was recognized with Alzheimer’s illness.
Talking solely to DailyMail.com, his daughters Johanna, 53, and Antonia Bennett, 51, make clear his ultimate weeks and their agonizing ongoing authorized conflict with their ‘sophisticated’ step-family.
‘In the long run, we had been unable to see him very a lot,’ Johanna revealed.
‘I’d have these occasions the place I’d go and sit with him. He was form of like in a dream state on a regular basis. He was falling asleep on a regular basis. He at all times acknowledged me and [Antonia] as effectively.
‘He may possibly not discover the phrase “Johanna” or one thing, however when he would discover it, he’d be actually enthusiastic about it, and he’d be like, “Johanna!”‘
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Tony Bennett’s daughters Johanna, 53, and Antonia, 51, spoke solely with DailyMail.com about their father’s ultimate weeks and their ongoing authorized conflict with their ‘sophisticated’ step-family
The legendary singer died in New York, aged 96, on July 21, 2023, seven years after he was recognized with Alzheimer’s illness (pictured together with his daughters in 2016)
D’Andrea ‘Danny’ Bennett and Daegal ‘Dae’ Bennett had been sued by their half sisters in June 2024 and March 2025 for allegedly mishandling their father’s property
The indie movie producer defined how as ‘a part of his remedy,’ the legendary crooner would carry out each day the ‘total 90-minute present’ he placed on in 2021 with Girl Gaga at Radio Metropolis Corridor – however ‘in the direction of the tip, [it was] extra like three days per week.’
However when it got here to his care, they declare they weren’t absolutely made conscious of the plans. ‘We’re not 100% about his degree of care,’ Johanna stated. ‘It’s a sophisticated household dynamic in our household.’
Antonia, who final noticed her father ‘three or 4 weeks’ earlier than he died, defined about his well being: ‘All of us knew that one thing was incorrect. It was troublesome to look at him slowly fade away. The principle factor was understanding that there’s was a analysis and that’s what it’s.
‘There have been occasions the place I believed “oh possibly he’s mad” or “why is he reacting like that?” Once you lastly perceive what’s occurring, you’re in a position to launch a few of that, and simply be extra within the second and current with the particular person.’
The sisters have been coping with their grief alongside a year-long authorized conflict with their half brothers, Daegal ‘Dae’ Bennett and D’Andrea ‘Danny’ Bennett, who was Tony’s supervisor, in addition to their stepmom, Susan Crow, who married Tony in 2007.
Tony had Danny, 71, and Dae, 68, together with his first spouse Patricia Beech. They divorced in 1971, the identical 12 months he married Antonia and Johanna’s mom Sandra Grant, 84. They divorced in 1983. The music icon then married Susan, 58, in 2007. They had been collectively up till his dying.
In a lawsuit filed in June 2024, Johanna and Antonia accused Danny of mishandling their father’s property which they declare had been ‘dramatically diminished’ by the point he died. His attorneys responded in February with a movement to switch to Surrogate Courtroom, or, alternatively, dismiss the petition. As of April 29, a decide has agreed to switch, court docket data present.
A second go well with, filed in March 2025, has them searching for a elimination of Danny as head of the household belief for allegedly breaching his fiduciary responsibility.
Johanna stated that she and her sister can solely assume the type of remedy their father was getting, as a result of they had been ‘not 100% certain about his degree of care’
‘In the long run we had been unable to see him very a lot,’ Johanna stated (pictured far proper alongside Danny, Antonia, Tony and Dae in 2016)
Tony’s spouse, Susan Crow, whom he married in 2007 can also be named as a defendant within the lawsuit as a result of she is a beneficiary of the Household Belief
Within the latter submitting, Johanna and Antonia argue there are ‘a number of cases’ of Danny making ‘items to himself from the Household Belief, together with throughout Tony’s incapacity.’
‘Danny made a number of withdrawals (within the types of loans, “items,” and commissions) to himself or to or for the advantage of his kids in his capability as trustee,’ it learn.
‘And he even borrowed $750,000 from the Household Belief to buy a private residence for himself and his household and executed a mortgage in favor of the Household Belief to safe that non-public mortgage.’
He additionally allegedly took out a ‘$450,000 mortgage’ from the Household Belief in 2020, and had not paid it again, per the grievance.
The submitting additionally claims, ‘Tony’s earnings from dwell performances alone through the ultimate 15 years of his energetic profession exceeded $100 million’ and that ‘Tony and the Household Belief owned property valued in extra of $12,000,000.’
Nevertheless: ‘Tony’s web price on the time of his dying, together with property within the Household Belief, was dramatically diminished on account of Danny’s self-dealing, conflicted transactions, and different private advantages that he obtained by way of the abuse of his fiduciary roles,’ in response to the court docket submitting.
The defendants have but to reply to the second lawsuit, however court docket data present that Danny, Dae and Susan have all been served.
As they strategy the two-year anniversary of their father’s dying, Johanna and Antonia, who miss eating with their father at his favourite NYC eating places and looking museums collectively, stated it’s nonetheless ‘very, very laborious to seek out your footing.’
Of her grief Johanna advised DailyMail.com: ‘He was this bigger than life power…that being gone, is admittedly an adjustment. It’s totally very laborious to seek out your footing’ (pictured in 2014)
Johanna and Antonia recalled how their father would each day carry out his 2021 90 minute Radio Metropolis Corridor set with Girl Gaga earlier than his situation prevented him
New music from the award-winning crooner could possibly be launched posthumously, with Antonia claiming he has ‘over 200 data which might be simply sitting there unreleased’
‘He was this larger-than-life power…that being gone, is admittedly an adjustment,’ Johanna stated. In the meantime, Antonia added, ‘In the future you assume you’re doing alright then you definately’re not. And to be sincere it’s nonetheless occurring… I nonetheless have days the place it’s actually laborious to think about he’s not right here.’
However Antonia has discovered some solace in her father’s piano, which she inherited per his will, however court docket docs declare she was ‘prohibited’ from getting the piano for ‘months.’
The need was executed in October 2016 and said Johanna, Antonia and Danny would every obtain $900,000.
‘I’ve his piano. He left that to me and I’ve it in my home and it was the piano that was in our home once I was rising up, and it was picked out by Invoice Evans, who’s a really well-known jazz pianist,’ the singer advised DailyMail.com.
Her daughter, Maya, 9, is studying to play, whereas Antonia makes use of it to report her upcoming album Expressions- including it makes her really feel like ‘he is there with me.’
New music from their late father could possibly be launched posthumously, with Antonia claiming he has ‘over 200 data which might be simply sitting there unreleased.’
‘In his later years, what he would do is simply go in [the studio] and report and report,’ she stated. ‘So there’s numerous stuff. I do not know if it is going to get launched or what they’re planning on doing with it, however there may be numerous materials there that hasn’t been launched.’
Danny’s firm, RPM Music Productions, Inc. offered rights to Tony’s music however it stays ‘unclear’ per court docket docs ‘what music property (and different property) had been or weren’t offered as a part of the deal,’ as a result of Tony’s daughters haven’t been supplied with numerous particulars of the transaction.
Addressing Johanna and Antonia’s newest feedback, the Defendants’ lawyer Eve Rachel Markewich, advised DailyMail.com: ‘These feedback are unequivocally false and disappointingly self-serving. It’s a universally effectively know undeniable fact that Susan Benedetto and Danny’s devotion to Tony was past reproach. Danny and Tony Bennett have labored collectively for over 40 years, and that the report of their profitable partnership speaks for itself.
‘Tony thoughtfully deliberate his property many many years in the past to replicate his needs and generously offered for his family members. Danny has at all times acted in Tony’s greatest curiosity and has labored diligently to make sure his father’s plans had been honored and carried out. It’s unlucky and unhappy that some are selecting to refute his selections reasonably than honoring their father’s legacy.’
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