Luciano Pavarot has died at the age of 71.?? The singer, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, passed away at his home in Modena, Italy, at 5 a.m. local time, his manager, Terri Robson, said in a statement.
“The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterized his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness,” the statement said.
Citing medical sources, Italian news agencies reported on Wednesday that the singer was in “very serious condition” and had lost consciousness for brief moments over the last few days.
Last month, the singer spent two weeks in the hospital with a high fever. In July, 2006 he had surgery for pancreatic cancer.
“I always admired the God-given glory of his voice ? that unmistakable special timbre from the bottom up to the very top of the tenor range,” Domingo said Thursday in a statement from Los Angeles.
