Mr.Freeze
06-09-2007, 08:03 AM
The Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti has 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 underwent further treatment in August 2007.
His manager, Terri Robson, said Pavarotti died at 5am today.
"The maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterised his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness," Mr Robson said in a statement.
The tenor, who helped take opera to a new mass audience, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and underwent further treatment in August 2007.
His manager, Terri Robson, said Pavarotti died at 5am today.
"The maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterised his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness," Mr Robson said in a statement.