Pavarotti has died

[Gingerbear]

he had pancreatic cancer, and died last night - he was 71

BBC link

[ghosty]

Oh, how sad

[earlgrey]

How old was his young child?

[Gingerbear]

Califrau, that song sends shivers down my spine.
Earlgrey, I don't know about his child.

[MrsJohnCusack]

I am really sad about this. Such a fabulous singer.

[PippiLangstrump]

very very

[pyjamaqueen]

Can't believe it. How sad.

[tigerschick]

I saw on the news last night that he was critical.
So sad to hear he has lost his fight.
His daughter is 4 1/2

[DANCESwithTheMorningOff]

I didn't know he was ill . This is sad news indeed. He was a sensational singer.

[missgriss]

That is very sad

[Trinityrhino]

sad news

[Kewcumber]

I didn;t realise he had cancer. Rare that an opera singer has such appeal generally.

[BreeVanDerCampLGJ]

When they said he was being cared for by his family in Modena, it was sadly only a matter of time.

[biglips]

[biglips]

he got such an amazing voice

[FlameBatfink]

Just heard on the radio

[FlossALump]

A horrible cancer and a horrible operation. Poor man I hadn't realised he was ill either until the news last night. I'm pleased for him that he spent his last days with his family around him.

[EscapeFrom]

oh what a shame.

[Beetroot]

Dh worked with him at the Opera House, He has some funny sotires to tell of him playing young men whie sitting on his stool with his pasta in the wings. When he went on a diet the pasta became ice which he crunched away.

dh stood in a queue for his autograph once, outside his dressing room. In the queue were sting, and other celebs who I cannot remember now. Dh was given his couple of minutes with the meastro like everyone else.

Amazing

[kokeshi]

Oh how sad, I didn't even realise he was ill. I haven't been watching much news recently.

[Isababel]

Sad to hear he is gone, but he had been very ill for quite a long time. I saw him in a concert a good 5-7 years ago and he was already finding difficult to keep up with commitments as his health was quite poor, although I don't know if pancreatic cancer was the cause of his poor health at that time.

[fortunecookie]

No! I guess he had it coming with all his health problems. That's a great pity.

[expatinscotland]

[PrincessGoodLife]

that is sad

he has always been one of those well-known constant figures for our generation

so sad for his little girl