Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti performs during part of his round-the-world farewell tour concert at the Capital Gymnasium on December 10, 2005, in Beijing, China. He died from pancreatic cancer on September 6, 2007.
A number of public figures have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
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