Tony Bennett's sadness following the death of one-time duet partner Amy Winehouse has been lifted by the late singer's mum, who told the legendary crooner that her daughter lived a full life.
The I Left My Heart in San Francisco singer was left devastated when Winehouse died, aged 27, last summer (11) - but her own mother assured him that the British star had achieved everything she set to do - including recording with him.
He tells WENN, "After she died... her mother got me on the side (and) she said, 'You know, everybody feels so tragic about her dying, but, as a mother, I'm very different.' She said, 'She actually did what she really wanted to do, and she became world famous, and, to me, even though she had a very short life, she had a very successful life because what she really wanted, what she dreamed about her whole life happened.'
"That was so different than anything I ever heard a mother say about this tragedy that the whole world felt so bad about. It was quite different."
Bennett and Winehouse teamed up to sing the standard Body & Soul on the crooner's latest Duets record.