Opera was not the 20th century's surest route to superstardom. But it was if you sang like Luciano Pavarotti.
Pavarotti, the literally and figuratively larger-than-life tenor whose recordings sold more than 100 million albums, and whose voice boomed everywhere from the Metropolitan Opera to Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, died at 5 a.m. Thursday morning, local time, at his home in Modena, Italy, after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 71.
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When I saw that his health was deteriorating last night, I knew it wouldn't be long for him. Opera may not be my favorite form of entertainment, but this man was hugely talented, and will be missed in the operatic world.
Pavarotti, the literally and figuratively larger-than-life tenor whose recordings sold more than 100 million albums, and whose voice boomed everywhere from the Metropolitan Opera to Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, died at 5 a.m. Thursday morning, local time, at his home in Modena, Italy, after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 71.
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/...rss_topstories
When I saw that his health was deteriorating last night, I knew it wouldn't be long for him. Opera may not be my favorite form of entertainment, but this man was hugely talented, and will be missed in the operatic world.
