Pavarotti just died...

...which is totally not allowed.

R.I.P.

damn

what a beautiful voice

proof that a liver tumor will kill you, no matter how much money you've got

i hope in 100 years times, cancer will be a curable, forgotten illness just like malaria.

rest in peace, big luciano!

Score one for my dead pool.

... I don't think Malaria is forgotten and I'm pretty sure it's incurable..

Anyway RIP Luciano.

Um, I had read Pancreatic Cancer.

But the man was 71 and lived a wonderful exciting life and blessed the ears and hearts of millions of people.
Think maybe you could honor that instead of lamenting your own light wallet and acting like he was a child stuck down in his prime ? Something eventually takes you no matter what and there is no cure for old age and never will be. Oh ! and malaria is not forgotten either btw. It still kills millions of people every year and has no cure.

RIP Mr Pavarotti. You will be missed.

Indeed.

Seconded on all counts.

Dunno if this is appropriate or not...

Sad day. Seeing Pavarotti on his final tour was one of the best evenings I have ever experienced. He was amazing with a mesmerizing voice.

RIP Pavarotti.
Despite my intense love for theatre and performance arts in general, I've somehow never considered myself to be a big opera fan, but completely appreciate the emotion, talent and skill that goes into operatic singing, and must admit that when i saw the Three Tenors, I was nearly moved to tears and now have a few 3Tvideos in my archives. I sense a weekend of watching and listening with a lump in my throat the size of Baltimore and a tear in my eye the size of lake Ponchartrain.

LP, you were awesome.

I had hoped for some time to get an opportunity to hear him sing in person. I am sorry he is gone, he contributed some pretty incredible vocal music.

Into the stars and the heavens Luciano, may your voice carry to the edges of eternity. Thank you.

Tonight, no one sleeps.
Tomorrow, love conquers all.

Amen.

Also, (since were digressing here), there is one natural biological (genetic) defense to malaria, but it can also have major draw backs: Sickle Cell Anemia. If we could trigger infected red blood cells to terminate (or collapse) after being effected by a malarial infection (perhaps through new, bacterially vectored, cancer targeting and fighting techniques), the body could temporarily produce sickle-like cells and stop the infection in it's tracks. Holy geeze, did I just say that?!? Somebody go and ask a microbiologist if this is possible, It might just work!

Damn.

I grew up with a lot of Opera in the house, and Pavarotti sure as hell made people stand up and take notice of Opera, so it's sad to see him go.

My girlfriend says no. Sorry.