Mourners bid farewell to Pavarotti
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MODENA, Italy  - Thousands of mourners filed past the open coffin of Luciano Pavarotti in the cathedral of his Italian hometown on Friday, bidding farewell to the tenor whose death prompted emotional tributes from around the world.
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Italy organises concerts and exhibitions to commemorate the memory of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti.
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Luciano Pavarotti, 71, who died last night of pancreatic cancer at his home in Modena, Italy, combined a lustrous lyric tenor voice with a radiant and expansive personal charm to win the largest and most diversified audience ever accorded an opera singer.
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Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him one of the world's most beloved tenors, has died, his manager told The Associated Press. He was 71.
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Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras lead tributes to opera star Luciano Pavarotti, who has died aged 71.
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"The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life." &#151; Luciano Pavarotti's manager, Terri Robson, in a statement on the opera superstar's death this week at age 71.
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"Pavarotti was the last great Italian voice able to move the world"  A picture of Luciano Pavarotti is printed on the frontpage of an Italian daily newspaper, on display at a news stand in Modena, northern Italy, Thursday, Sept. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald
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Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died in the early hours of Thursday, his manager Terri Robson said.
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Foreign dignitaries have paid a last tribute to Yasser Arafat, the founding father of Palestinian resistance, at a solemn funeral in Cairo, the city where he was born.
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The opera world was yesterday mourning the death of Renata Tebaldi, the greatest Italian soprano of her generation and the rival of Maria Callas.
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Quotes from admirers on tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died Thursday:
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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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Political parties suspended their election campaigns and long lines of worshippers paid their final respects Monday following the death of Sister Lucia, the last of three shepherd children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary during 1917 apparitions in the town of Fatima.
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Luciano Pavarotti, long a giant in the opera world, has signed a contract for a 40-date worldwide farewell tour.
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Thousands of mourners gathered in Auckland on Tuesday to bid farewell to New Zealand's national hero Edmund Hillary, the first man to stand atop Mount Everest, at a rare state funeral.
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Presidents and dignitaries from more than  50 countries say a last farewell on Friday to late Palestinian  leader Yasser Arafat in Egypt, his second home and one of his  closest allies in years of struggle for a homeland.
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Celebrities, politicians and thousands of fans will attend the funeral of Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti.