Did You Know...studies have shown that music is one way to help persons living with Alzheimer's or dementia and their caregivers. ​According to PEOPLE Magazine in a recently released article on the late, great Tony Bennett who despite having been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Tony Bennett kept the mindset of “Anything Goes.”

The music legend, who died at the age of 96 on Friday, spent the last few years of his life performing while battling the disease, which his family revealed he had in 2021.

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Bennett’s wife Susan Benedetto explained in a profile published in AARP The Magazine that the “Rags to Riches” crooner was officially diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease — which is characterized by progressive memory loss and can often lead to dementia — in 2016.

While many people who suffer from the disease end up losing their ability to speak, understand and recognize their loved ones, Benedetto said Bennett was a special case. He had been capable of recognizing his friends and family and even able to remember the lyrics and sing out his songs.

"Singing is everything to him. Everything," Benedetto noted. "It has saved his life many times.”

Tony Bennett and Dae Bennett in January 2018. SLAVEN VLASIC/FILMMAGIC

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The star continued to perform and tour as recently as 2019 and launched a concert series with his friend Lady Gaga in early and mid 2021 — a feat his neurologist, Gayatri Devi, said had been incredibly beneficial for the Grammy Award winner.

"It kept him on his toes and also stimulated his brain in a significant way," Devi explained in 2021.

She later explained to Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes: "I mean that's the other thing about music that sets it apart, is that it is a part of the brain that's very emotional. Music is housed in different parts of the brain, including parts of the brain that deal with emotion, and therefore, it's easy to be moved by it when you hear it."