Luciano Pavarotti dead at 71
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses, died on Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 71.
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Legendary Italian tenor Luciano  Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses, died on Thursday  after a battle with cancer. He was 71.
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Grieving music fans flocked to  the home town of Luciano Pavarotti on Saturday to join rock  stars and statesmen at the funeral of a singer considered one  of the greatest tenors in opera history.
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Hundreds of people gathered Thursday night in Modena's main piazza to pay final respects to Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him the most beloved and celebrated tenor since Caruso.
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Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who has pancreatic cancer, was in "very serious" condition after his health deteriorated, the Italian news agency AGI reported Wednesday.
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Celebrated Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, 71, was in &quot;very grave condition&quot; early Thursday following his operation for pancreatic cancer in July last year and hospitalisation last month, media reports said.
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Quotes from admirers on tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died Thursday:
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Luciano Pavarotti's health has deteriorated and the 71-year-old singer is in a "very serious condition", Italy's AGI news agency reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
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MODENA, Italy  - Rock stars, political leaders and grieving music fans joined the family of Luciano Pavarotti on Saturday at the funeral of one of the greatest tenors in opera history.
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Opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti will not  attend a concert on Wednesday that would have marked his first  appearance since a cancer operation four months ago, prompting  Italian media to speculate about his health.
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Thousands of mourners file past the open coffin of tenor Luciano Pavarotti in his home town of Modena, Italy.
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Beverly Sills, one of the United States&#39; most acclaimed opera singers, died Monday due to lung cancer, US media reported. She was 78.
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Famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who appeared on stage with singers as varied as opera star Dame Joan Sutherland, U2's Bono and Liza Minnelli, died Thursday after suffering from pancreatic cancer.
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The tenor of his times to opera buffs and a celebrity whose personality captivated even casual fans, Luciano Pavarotti was recovering Friday from surgery for pancreatic cancer &amp;#151; a kind of cancer often considered a death sentence.
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Admirers massed by the hundreds in Modena's main piazza Thursday night to pay their final respects to Luciano Pavarotti, the tenor cherished by many as "the last, great voice" of Italian opera.
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Luciano Pavarotti was the Italian singer whose ringing, pristine sound set a standard for operatic tenors of the postwar era.
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Opera star Luciano Pavarotti, 69, is to give a final 40-city tour next year before retiring from the world stage.