To help his cancer-stricken pal José Carreras, he and Placido Domingo formed the Three Tenors, broadcasting one Los Angeles show to 1.3 billion people. And after meeting Princess Diana in the ’90s, he continued her fight against land mines, devoting much of his time to helping kids affected by war, like he’d been. In 1992, he launched his Pavarotti and Friends charity concerts with pop superstars like U2 and Sting.
Though a scandalous affair with Nicoletta ended his 35-year marriage to Adua, she forgave him after he visited their first grandchild. “Time buries everything,” Adua said. “He was a friendly, warm, generous person.” And equally so with his fans, who cheered him at his final February 2006 Winter Olympics performance despite his lip-syncing while he fought the pancreatic cancer that took his life in September 2007. “He got energy from his audience,” Ron said. “That’s what kept him going.”
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