Pavarotti pancreatic cancer
Operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti dies at age 71 with pancreatic cancer.
Pavarotti pancreatic cancer
Pavarotti had pancreatic cancer surgery on July 2008 and died on Thursday at the age of 71.
Pavarotti was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and had surgery in July 2006 at a New York hospital to remove a pancreatic tumour.
He cancelled all remaining concerts for his Worldwide Farewell Tour and since then had not made any public appearances.
The tenor underwent another two weeks of pancreatic cancer treatments last month, and was released from hospital in his hometown of Modena, Italy on Aug. 25. He was being attended to at home by cancer specialists up until his death at 5 a.m. local time.
Surviving pancreatic cancer is not easy and passing away from cancer is even a worse battle. Pavarotti fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. He remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness.
Pavarotti’s pancreatic cancer death comes the day after he received a new government award for his work in promoting Italian culture in Italy and abroad.
He became the first recipient of the Excellence in Italian Culture Award, the Italian Culture Ministry said in a statement Tuesday evening.
Pancreatic cancer survival rate is low with the cancer usually being fatal. Only a 4 per cent survival rate five years after pancreatic cancer detection. Up to 80 per cent of those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die within the first year.
Faced with speculation in July that Pavarotti was close to death, his second wife Nicoletta Mantovani told Italian newspaper La Stampa: "He’s fighting like a lion and he has never lost his heart."
Pavarotti pancreatic cancer left in grieve three daughters with his first wife and one with his second wife.
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