The world has lost one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century.

Luciano Pavarotti
12 October 1935 - 06 September 2007

My former husband, Charlie, who himself had been an aspiring opera singer at one time before family obligations took him away from the musical career he loved, was a huge fan of Mr. Pavarotti's, and we had the pleasure of seeing the great man perform in person several times.  I still have the records, CDs and videos that Charlie left behind when he moved out of state to live closer to his sister.  We'd been planning for me to ship these items to him at a later date, but that day never came; Charlie passed away in April of 2006.  Now the singer he idolized in life has come to join him on The Other Side.  I know that Charlie and Luciano are both singing joyously with the angels.

Mr. Pavarotti, thank you for sharing your golden voice with the world.  You will be missed.

Laura

(below) "Nessun Dorma," Paris 1998