Pavarotti Dies Aged 71
The Italian
opera star Luciano Pavarotti died at his home in Modena, aged 71. The tenor, who
helped take opera to a new mass audience, had been diagnosed with pancreatic
cancer last year and had further treatment in August 2007.
His
manager, Terri Robson, said Pavarotti died at 5 am on September 6. ’The maestro
fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took
his life. Characteristically, he remained positive until finally
succumbing to the last stages of his illness,’ Mr. Robson said in a statement.
Pavarotti was considered by some critics to have been the
greatest tenor since Enrico Caruso.