Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti dies at 71
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MODENA, Italy  - Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died early on Thursday after a long battle with cancer, his manager Terri Robson said.
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Luciano Pavarotti was the Italian singer whose ringing, pristine sound set a standard for operatic tenors of the postwar era.
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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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One of America's best-known opera singers, soprano Beverly Sills, dies from lung cancer in New York.
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MODENA, Italy  - Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer, his manager Terri Robson said.
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MODENA, Italy  - Grieving music fans flocked to the home town of Luciano Pavarotti on Saturday to join rock stars and statesmen at the funeral of a singer considered one of the greatest tenors in opera history.
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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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Tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who has pancreatic cancer, was in "very serious" condition after his health deteriorated, the Italian news agency AGI reported Wednesday.
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Luciano Pavarotti, whose effortless tenor voice and powerful stage presence dominated opera for decades, plans to bow out like a superstar with a 40-city tour that will end with his retirement.
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Italian opera star Luciano  Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his  generation, was in a serious condition on Wednesday after a  battle with cancer, media reported.
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Luciano Pavarotti left half his estate to his second wife and half to his four daughters, including three from his first marriage, an attorney said Tuesday.
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MODENA, Italy  - Thousands of mourners filed past the open coffin of Luciano Pavarotti in the cathedral of his Italian home town on Friday, in an emotional farewell to the singer whose death prompted tributes from around the world.
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose unique, pristine voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71.
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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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OPERA star Luciano Pavarotti has led tributes to Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi, who has died at the age of 82. Tebaldi, renowned for her star appearances at New Yorkâs Metropolitan and Italyâs La Scala
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Quotes from admirers on tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who died Thursday: