INTERVIEW - Central Park Carriage Drivers Leave Note On Tony Bennett's Bench

NEW YORK, NEW YORK JULY 23: (INTERVIEW) (COMPILATION) Carriage driver Santana used to talk to Tony, as he stands next to the touching note left by Central Park carriage drivers beneath the plaque on Tony Bennett’s park bench with a lyric from his 1953 song “Please, Tony, once around the park again…We can’t believe you’re gone… RIP, Central Park icon, Tony Bennett,” on July 23, 2023 in New York City. Tony Bennett died Friday July 21 at 96. For years he would sit on that bench alone and paint and greet people. New York Senator Chuck Schumer has just declared August 3rd as Tony Bennett Day. The plaque on the bench reads, ‘In honor of his 95th birthday August 3, 2021 “Nature Is The Boss” TB' (Footage by Sandi Bachom/Getty Images)