News about Luciano Pavarotti

The sad news broke on Wednesday morning that former Italy striker Salvatore 'Toto' Schillaci had passed away at the age of 59 following a battle with colon cancer. Schillaci is most fondly remembered for his incredible goalscoring exploits at his home World Cup in 1990, when he netted six times in seven matches to win the Golden Boot. That tournament brings back such wonderful memories. Luciano Pavarotti's spine-tingling rendition of 'Nessun Dorma', Colombia's eccentric goalkeeper Rene Higuita thinking he could play in midfield before quickly finding out he couldn't, and even England were pretty good.

It was an event I never expected to attend, but there I was on September 6, 1997, walking in bright sunshine to Westminster Abbey, writes CHARLES RAE. As hundreds of thousands of people massed in the area surrounding the historic church, I was on my way inside for the funeral of Princess Diana. Just a week earlier, she had been tragically killed in a car crash in Paris at the age of just 36. The death of the 'People's Princess' - which I had covered as a royal correspondent - prompted an outpouring of grief among millions. Literally hundreds of thousands of bouquets of flower had been laid outside her home at Kensington Palace, as well as Buckingham Palace and Balmoral in Scotland. And the tears from around the world could have filled an ocean.

Christie Grace revealed in a June 7 TikTok video that a $125 painting she bought on Facebook Marketplace could be worth thousands of dollars. This revelation came less than a week after she posted a video on TikTok asking viewers if she should return the art piece due to its enormous size. According to the TikToker, she looked up the artist, Helmut Koller , and found that his paintings could be sold online for price tag between $50,000 and $200,000.

In Genoa, the world's best pesto has been named, with a local man winning the tenth edition of the Pesto World Championship. 100 finalists battled it out in a hall at Ducal Palace in Genoa's Ducal Palace, scenting fresh basil and garlic filling the air. Judges praised their parity in skills, claiming it was the tightest competition to date, with contestants ranging from 23 to 90. Right: Luciano Pavarotti, the opera singer, was said to have been a fan of the dish

For the first night of Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House, Rose Knox-Pebbles, an author, actor, model, and art collector, took center stage as she played Edra, the earth goddess. The character spends a majority of the production naked, but Richard Fairman's review caught her attention. He said the actress had been "made up to look like a fright," but Ms Knox-Pebbles informed her that she had no make up.'

Colin Skellett, the CEO of Wessex Water, would have been earning him the equivalent of £120,000 per year today. He took home £982,000 last year, but we'll get to the point: the privatization of Wessex Water has seen the company's boss's real estate rise by more than 75%.

Céline Dion, a legendary singer, is celebrating her 55th birthday today, not only the day the superstar was born but also an incredible musical career that has spanned more than 40 years. She's amassed a number of accolades along the way, as well as René Angélil, the love of her life who started as her boss before marrying her husband. Dion's meteoric international success seemed to have been an impossible dream for a two-year-old girl living in a tiny Canadian town on the outskirts of Montréal... but then she beat the odds by overcoming what few never will. FEMAIL looks back on her illustrious career, which includes five Grammy Awards, four number-one hits, and ten top ten hits, from her musical debut at the age of 12, to her epic battle with SPS.

MARTIN SCURR: Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common causes of hot and stiff legs. Even when there are no signs of the disease, elevated blood sugar levels can damage nerves in the lower legs, resulting in both pain (typically a searing pain) and dullness. Blood or urine tests can be used to determine blood sugar levels. However, I suspect this is not the issue in your situation, as you would already have those tests and diabetes would almost certainly have been excluded.

Investigators in Argentina report that Placido Domingo wanted to speak with a figure from a sex cult that made women work as prostitutes. In a rash of allegations since 2019, the opera performer, 81 (right; and left; on stage in 2001), has been accused of sexual assault. During an investigation into the controversial Buenos Aires Yoga School this week, he was discovered by police. According to reports, Domingo spoke with Susana Mendelievich while touring the city in April. According to the court's testimony in the Argentine case against the school, the shadowy group 'constructed a cult around its leader' and reduced members to'a state of slavery and/or sexual exploitation.'