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From IMDB.com
Luciano Pavarotti Dies at 71
Opera legend Luciano Pavarotti has died at age 71, as his health deteriorated to a "very serious" condition after he fell unconscious; he passed away at his home at 5 a.m. local time. The Italian tenor's health took a turn for the worse following his recent hospital stay to undergo treatment for pancreatic cancer, and, on Wednesday, a local TV news station in Modena reported Pavarotti was on his death bed after suffering kidney failure. Friends and family of the 71-year-old singer held a bedside vigil at his home in Modena, located in northern Italy. A spokesperson for the University Policlinico hospital, where the singer was previously treated, refused to comment on the status of his health. Pavarotti underwent surgery for cancer last year and had at least five rounds of chemotherapy. In addition to his innumerable opera roles, Pavarotti also starred in the 1982 film Yes, Giorgio and won an Emmy award for his 1985 appearance on the PBS Great Performances series.

That man could sign. I enjoyed watching and listening to him.

RIP Luciano!

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Would anyone like an edit button..........   

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"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." G. K. Chesterton.

Hey Steve, who needs an edit button...Your right...I bet he could sign really well too, think of all the practice he had dishing out autographs

Greg

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[QUOTE=SteveS] That man could sign.    

RIP Luciano![/QUOTE]

Good point Steve, but "Opera for the Deaf" never really took off for some reason. Nonetheless, he was reported to have been able to sign over a range of 4 octaves and was considered the greatest soprano they never heard.

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JJ
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When I was at Julliard I majored in Music Composition and Opera and sang in the opera chorus of several opera groups and was able to sing onstage with a number of the great Opera leads, notably Beverly Sills who passed away recently and Pavarotti who passed away today.

The thing that most impressed me with Pavarotti's voice was not that he was the best singer as most wil agree that Placido Domingo is better around but it was how natural his voice was. There are great singers and there are great voices of which the former can be learned whereas a great voice is partly what gift you were given. Pavorotti sang so freely with a great natural voice.

As a personality he was funny, was very gracious toward young singers, and had a presence about him that made it so you turned when he walked into the room, as if sensing that someone special was there. Many criticized his commercialism for singing with everyone from Sting, the Spice Girls to his participation in "The Three Tenors" but if you take into consideration what inspired him as a youth to become a singer was listening to Mario Lanza movies and imitating them, it all made sense.

He opened up alot of peoples eyes and ears to appreciate classical music and especially opera and for that he was always be seen as one of musics greatest ambassadors.

Shawn, you're a renaissance man!

Pavarotti reminds me, in a way, of Johnny Cash. His place in music certainly seems similar. What a great singer.

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[QUOTE=jfrench] Shawn, you're a renaissance man!
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You have no idea! Shawn plays about every instrument there is... and yes, I'm envious!

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
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My wife was a music/voice major in college, and was also saddened by the loss. The truly great ones are few and far between.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

     Luciano's "Vesti La Guibba" is the best I've ever heard, including Placido! Outstanding talent! He made it sound so easy!

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Covina, CA

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