by Anthony Rifilato

Longtime Long Beach resident Con Astone, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who performed with Elvis Presley, Teddy Randazzo and other popular acts in Las Vegas, died on May 26 after a battle with lung cancer. He was 79. In recent years, Astone was best known for drawing big crowds to Italian Night during the city's Summer Concert Series.

Astone was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 1936 and grew up in an Italian family. He began performing at age 16, according to his son, Erik, and played everything from jazz and pop standards to traditional Italian songs. "He had a voice that rivaled Tony Bennett's," he said. "He was an amazing Italian artist but equally as amazing playing pop tunes — he had an amazing repertoire."

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