"My Sun" fell. Pavarotti died of pancreatic cancer yesterday at the age of 71. The Chinese audience is a great audience. I would like to go to China again. ——Pavarotti Singer Pavarotti passed away yesterday. One of the three tenors is permanently absent. Yesterday morning, Beijing time, the world-famous tenor Pavarotti died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Modena, Italy. He was 71 years old. An international star has passed away, and one of the world's three great tenors will be absent forever. According to Italian media reports, Pavarotti's condition has continued to worsen since he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July last year. In August this year, he was hospitalized for high fever and difficulty breathing. He was discharged from the hospital on the 25th of that month and went home to recuperate. On the evening of September 5, Pavarotti's condition deteriorated again and he became delirious. Early yesterday morning, Pavarotti's agent Terry Robertson confirmed the news that Pavarotti had passed away due to illness. The Vienna State Opera raised a black flag in commemoration; while his hometown of Modena, a city in northern Italy, said it would name its theater after Pavarotti. The Washington Post sent a message of condolences, saying that "the opera world has lost an outstanding leader." The Royal Opera House in London, England, said in a statement that Pavarotti is "one of the rare artists who has influenced the lives of countless people around the world." Pavarotti is universally recognized as the greatest singer of this century since Caruso. The "High C" singer. With his lustrous and sweet bel canto singing and his high C like a golden trumpet, he has become the most famous and popular tenor in the world. Pavarotti has interpreted many classic songs for more than 40 years and has performed on the same stage with many singers from different fields, becoming a legend in the field of singing. He has created classic masterpieces with many famous names such as soprano Sushalan and conductor Karajan; his duet with Domingo and Carreras at the World Football Championship as one of the "three major tenors in the world" has left music fans around the world with unforgettable memories. According to statistics, more than 1 billion people have watched Pavarotti's performances so far. Pavarotti had deep feelings for the Chinese people. He has been to China three times for grand performances, which left a deep impression on the Chinese audience. Pavarotti's words are still unforgettable: "The Chinese audience is a great audience, and I would like to go to China again!" But now that he has passed away, the scene of Pavarotti singing the Beijing Olympics that many people have dreamed of has become An eternal regret. In 2004, Pavarotti, who was nearly 70 years old, raised his white handkerchief, decided to close his voice, officially announced his retirement from the opera stage at the Metropolitan Theater in New York, and began to sit in an exclusive plane to hold a "farewell concert world tour." But in July last year, during a routine health checkup, he was accidentally discovered to have pancreatic cancer, so he underwent emergency surgery in New York. For this reason, Pavarotti's world tour in the second half of the year was forced to suspend. Two days before Pavarotti's death, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Rutelli announced that Pavarotti would be awarded the "Cultural Celebrity Award" in recognition of his contribution to promoting Italian music and art to the world and winning honors for the country. Outstanding contribution. It is reported that Pavarotti's funeral will be held in his hometown of Modena on the 8th.