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Luciano Pavarotti, the bearded opera legend, died early Thursday after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. With his noted girth and cheeky duets with pop singers, the 71-year-old tenor was that rare maestro of classical music who was as instantly recognizable around the world as superstars from MTV and the movies...
...tenor for these Pavarotti and Friends performances, which he acknowledged in one of his final interviews last year with Italian journalist Ettore Mo. "There were polemics because I'd thrown myself into a completely different genre," Pavarotti noted. But in the same interview, just a few months after cancer surgery, Pavarotti was counting his blessings. "I am and have been a lucky man," he said. "I will be an optimist to the death." In more recent years, especially in Italy, Pavarotti received more coverage for his personal than professional endeavors. He was forced to make a multi-million dollar payout...
...tenor was Luciano Pavarotti. For a decade he had been building an international operatic reputation as a real comer. Now, with those high C's at the Met, he announced that he had fully arrived. Virtually from that moment until he died this week of pancreatic cancer at 71, he reigned in the public mind as the primo tenor - make that the primissimo tenor...
...Kids of Courage The article about young cancer survivors spoke to me [Aug. 6]. I had cancer when I was 13. Having had cancer at a young age, I look at life very differently, and I can help others understand how they can reach their own milestones in life. I too had chemotherapy and radiation and a whole host of side effects. I have been free of cancer for nearly 20 years, and with the medication I'm on, I stand a good chance of a normal life. Survivor Karen Dyer, featured in your report, is a wonderful role model...
...voice, gyrating hips and appearances on American Bandstand and the Tonight Show. She faded in the late '50s, but her records, including Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll and the Top 40 hit Will You Willyum, paved the way for future female rockers like Brenda Lee. Martin was 67 and had cancer...