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Monday, September 5, 2011
Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra dies in Sicily
Salvatore Licitra, a tenor known in his Italian homeland as the "new Pavarotti" for his potent voice and considerable stamina, died Monday, 5 September 2011, at age 43 after spending nine days in a coma following a motorscooter accident in Sicily. On August 27, 2011, Licitra suffered severe head and chest injuries when his scooter crashed into a wall in Sicily. He remained in a coma for nine days in the Garibaldi Hospital in Catania and was pronounced clinically dead on September 5, 2011.
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