Luciano Pavarotti, one of the most popular opera singers of our time, died at his home in Italy at the age of 71. Pavarotti was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year.
His manager, Terri Robson, confirmed the news to the Associated Press.
“The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterized his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness.”
Pavarotti’s wife Nicolette Mantovani and daughter Alice survive him, as do three daughters by his first wife, Adua.
We shall dearly miss a man who was so much more than just a singer. He was a family man, surrounding himself with family after a concert. A true legend who has left an enormous legacy and enormous void to fill. Strange how truly famous people don’t show up in the gossip magazines or take money for access to their wedding. He just went out to sing, as he says, as well as he could every single time he took the stage or got behind a studio microphone. Ed – The Music Man