R.I.P. Pavarotti

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:13 am

Italian Tenor Pavarotti Dies at Age 71
Sep 6, 1:34 AM (ET)
By ALESSANDRA RIZZO

ROME (AP) - Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him the most beloved and celebrated tenor since Caruso and one of the few opera singers to win crossover fame as a popular superstar, died Thursday. He was 71.

His manager, Terri Robson, told the AP in an e-mailed statement that Pavarotti died at his home in Modena, Italy, at 5 a.m. local time. Pavarotti had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and underwent further treatment in August.

Full story at Iwon/AP News

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:53 pm

Nessun Dorma... tranne il Pavarotti!!

Cultured joke!

jag · Post by **jag** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:30 pm

If there's an "Opera Heaven," then the tenors just got stronger! Now he and Beverly Sills can do some serious, but fun, duets!

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:57 pm

...with Elvis, Jimi, Karen Carpenter, Mama Cass, Mozart, Bach...

If you believe in forever
Then life is just a one-night stand
If there`s a musical heaven
Well, you know they`ve got a
Hell of a band, band, band

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:00 pm

And Johnny Paycheck.

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:10 pm

and Hank Wiiliams, Ronnie Van Zandt, Waylon Jennings, etc.

I pray for the day we can add to the above list The Fray.

jag · Post by **jag** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:33 am

Actually, I think he'd prefer to work with real musicians and singers.

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:55 pm

Actually we would have probably have preferred to be in a band.

Oh, that's right, he was a band.

SPIKE NESMITH! · Post by **SPIKE NESMITH!** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:22 am

I heard from a pretty reliable source that he would often slink off to his dressing room after performances with TWO female companions. One to... you know... perform the service, the other to hold his stomach out of the way.

Zak Tyler · Post by **Zak Tyler** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:59 pm

SPIKE NESMITH! wrote:I heard from a pretty reliable source that he would often slink off to his dressing room after performances with TWO female companions. One to... you know... perform the service, the other to hold his stomach out of the way.

reminds me of an old "fatty big-eye" valentine e-card i saw about 8-9 years ago.... i won't even try to explain it cause it would get lost in translation. bob loblaw might remember it...

Bob Loblaw · Post by **Bob Loblaw** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:45 pm

Took me a second to remember the reference...

Now I wish I hadn't.

/wayne