Bono: “I spoke to him last week… the voice that was louder than any rock band was a whisper. Still he communicated his love. Full of love.”
The Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti died at his home in Modena today. He was 71 years old.
Pavarotti once famously asked Bono’s housekeeper to “Tell God to give me a call” when he found it difficult to get hold of U2’s singer. He was trying to get U2 involved in his charity concert ‘Pavarotti and friends‘ for Bosnia’s war children. When Bono did get involved, the collaboration produced the single Miss Sarajevo. Bono later duetted with the opera legend on various occasions, including the performance of Ave Maria shown above.
Pavarotti was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year.
Ave, maestro.
It’s amazing and wonderful that two people with such different backgrounds came together and became good friends.
R.I.P. L.P.
It’s amazing and wonderful that two people with such different backgrounds came together and became good friends.
R.I.P. L.P.
That’s too bad. 🙁 I didn’t know he was in such poor health.
That’s too bad. 🙁 I didn’t know he was in such poor health.
I had a tear in my eye riding on the subway listening to miss sarajevo on the morning the news broke… he was a great artist of the school, he will be missed.
I had a tear in my eye riding on the subway listening to miss sarajevo on the morning the news broke… he was a great artist of the school, he will be missed.
old school, I meant to say.
anyway, the mass this afternoon was quite beautiful also, very tasteful imo…
old school, I meant to say.
anyway, the mass this afternoon was quite beautiful also, very tasteful imo…