Luciano Pavarotti dead at 71
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses with his powerful voice and jovial personality, died on Thursday of pancreatic cancer, aged 71.
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Gian Carlo Menotti, the Italian composer and arts impresario who founded the Two Worlds Festival based in Spoleto and Charleston, South Carolina, died on Thursday, friends said.
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MODENA, Italy  - Thousands of mourners filed past the open coffin of Luciano Pavarotti in the cathedral of his Italian home town on Friday, in an emotional farewell to the singer whose death prompted tributes from around the world.
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One of America's best-known opera singers, soprano Beverly Sills, dies from lung cancer in New York.
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Italy&#39;s venerated opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti is to be laid to rest Saturday in his northern hometown Modena following a funeral mass in the town&#39;s ancient cathedral.
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose titanic voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71.
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Luciano Pavarotti's health has deteriorated sharply and the 71-year-old tenor is at home, unconscious and suffering from kidney failure, a television station reported on Wednesday.
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MODENA, Italy  - About 50,000 mourners paid tribute to Luciano Pavarotti at his funeral in his hometown on Saturday and Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Italy was "sad but proud" to salute one of the greatest tenors in opera history.
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In 1972, the Monitor spoke with the legendary tenor, who died last night in his hometown of Modena, Italy.
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Gian Carlo Menotti, who composed a pair of Pulitzer Prize-winning operas and founded the Spoleto arts festivals in Italy and the United States, died Thursday at a hospital in Monaco. He was 95.
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Celebrities, politicians and thousands of fans will attend the funeral of Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti.
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Luciano Pavarotti received a final, tearful standing ovation at his somber funeral Saturday after a recording of the Italian tenor and his father singing "Panis Angelicus" filled his hometown cathedral.
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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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Luciano Pavarotti, whose effortless tenor voice and powerful stage presence dominated opera for decades, plans to bow out like a superstar with a 40-city tour that will end with his retirement.
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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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Composer Gian Carlo Menotti, the founder of the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, died Thursday at a hospital in Monaco, his son said. He was 95.
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose gifted voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71.