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Pavarotti RIP - Top Story From This Week


09/08/07
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(antiMusic) Opera legend Pavarotti has lost his battle with cancer. While this has nothing to do with rock he was a loved musical figure and we couldn't let his death go without a mention. Fans gathered to mourn his passing. Here is a part of Jam!'s story:

Admirers massed by the hundreds in Modena's main piazza Thursday night to pay their final respects to Luciano Pavarotti, the tenor cherished by many as "the last, great voice" of Italian opera.

The crowd applauded as pallbearers carried the white casket into the cathedral, where a funeral Saturday will draw dignitaries from opera, politics and culture. The tenor died early Thursday in his hometown at age 71 after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. - more on this story

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