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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Paul Franke, tenor, died age 93.

Paul Franke, [photo, in makeup] a tenor who was one of the Metropolitan Opera’s most stalwart, ubiquitous and enduring performers, appearing there nearly 2,000 times in four decades, died on July 21, 2011 at his home in Queens. He was 93.

NYTIimes Obit