Famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who appeared on stage with singers as varied as opera star Dame Joan Sutherland, U2's Bono and Liza Minnelli, died Thursday in Italy after suffering from pancreatic cancer, manager Terri Robson said in a statement. He was 71."The great tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, pass away today at 5:00 a.m. at his home in Modena, the city of his birth," according to Robson.
"The Maestro struggled a long, tough battle in opposition to the pancreatic cancer which in the end took his life. In fitting with the advance that characterized his life and work, he remained positive until lastly gave way to the final stages of his illness."
The fat singer give up work from staged opera in 2004, but was on a "Farewell Tour" of concerts when he was identify with pancreatic cancer in 2006 and underwent emergency operation to get rid of the tumor.
Even though the remaining concerts of his tour were canceled, his management said that he hoped to start again the tour in 2007.
But in early August, Luciano Pavarotti was hospitalized in Modena with a fever and discharge 17 days later after undergoing diagnostic tests.
Luciano Pavarotti continue to survive by his wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, and a daughter, Alice, along with three grown daughters by his first wife, Adua Veroni, whom he break up in 2000, and a granddaughter.
According to Robson, his wife, daughters and sister, along with other relatives and friends were at his side when he pass away.
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