Singing legend Tony Bennett is retiring from live shows at the age of 95 but only because doctors say he must.
The announcement came seven months after he revealed he has been battling Alzheimer’s disease since 2016.
Last week he performed two sell-out birthday shows at New York’s Radio City Music Hall with Lady Gaga.
Son and manager Danny Bennett confirmed they would be his last after an epic stage career.
He said: “There won’t be any additional concerts. This was a hard decision as he is a capable performer.
“This is, however, doctors’ orders. His continued health is the most important part of this.”
The news came after the crooner cancelled the rest of his 2021 tour dates. Danny said: “He’ll be doing other things but not those shows.
“It’s not the singing but the travel.
“Doing concerts now is just too much. We don’t want him to fall on stage – something as simple as that.”
Bennett, real name Anthony Dominick Benedetto, was born into an impoverished New York Italian immigrant family and worked as a singing waiter before front-line service in the Second World War.
In 1950 he cut his first disc and has been a star ever since, with huge hits including I Left My Heart In San Francisco and The Shadow Of Your Smile.
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He has won 18 Grammys and sold more than 50 million records.
Some of his biggest successes have come in the past decade, including duets with Amy Winehouse and Cheek to Cheek with Lady Gaga, which won a Grammy in 2015.
She and Bennett recently recorded a follow-up, Love For Sale, due for release in October.
In February, when the singer revealed his battle with Alzheimer’s, wife Susan, 54, said: “There’s a lot about him I miss because he’s not the old Tony any more.
“But when he sings, he’s the old Tony.”
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