Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti has died, his manager has announced.
The singer, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year, died at his home in the northern city of Modena, at the age of 71.
He had been admitted to hospital there with a fever on 8 August. He was released two weeks later following diagnostic tests.
Pavarotti had cancer surgery in July 2006 in New York, and had not made any public appearances since then.
He last sang in public in early 2006, when he performed his signature Puccini aria Nessun Dorma at the opening of the Winter Olympics in Turin.
He had undergone five bouts of chemotherapy in the past year.
Luciano Pavarotti’s death is a great loss to the world of opera. Pancreatic cancer is a very painful illness and I’m glad he will not feel the pain anymore. May he rest in peace.
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