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Wine, Women, and Song
Just as a doctor’s office or a priest’s Pavarotti was born on October 12—a
confessional requires absolute discretion, so typical, fair-minded Libran. In 2005, he was
too must a psychic’s reading remain entirely so beloved in the UK that he was granted
confidential. A psychic often plays a role akin the Freedom of the City of London and
to both a healer and a confessor. People in received a Red Cross Award for Services to
the public eye—especially those in the Humanity.
entertainment industry—must trust that
their secrets are safe. This extraordinary man opened up to me as
I read his hands. I gave him my word that I
A friend once tipped me off that Luciano would never reveal what I saw, but recently,
Pavarotti would be at the Royal Opera I have had several dreams in which he asked
House. I knew both the head of security, a me to speak about who he truly was.
tough ex-London police sergeant, and Aiden,
who managed the venue. They were aware A Hidden Insecurity
that I wanted to obtain Pavarotti’s handprint Despite his immense talent, Pavarotti never
for my palmistry book. felt he was good enough to be a singer. His
first love was football, and even during his
I arrived at his hotel, only to be met by a gruff time as a schoolteacher, he dreamed of
secretary at his door, who bluntly told me to go becoming a professional footballer. Like
away. Pavarotti himself asked, “Who are you, many men who struggle with confidence, he
and what do you want?” I explained my request, sought validation through romantic
and after a brief exchange, the secretary conquests—something that caused him
relented and told me to return in an hour. “You’ll personal turmoil.
have just five minutes,” she warned.
As the philosopher Schopenhauer once
Yet, I ended up staying nearly three hours. I am said, “Deep down, the real man needs two
convinced that during that time, I was being things: danger and play. And what can be
vetted. Pavarotti later revealed that his close more dangerous than women, the most
friendship with Princess Diana was the reason perilous of playthings?”
for the delay. Diana had helped him with his
stage fright, and in return, he had been In 2003, Pavarotti divorced his wife, whom
generous with her charities, raising funds to he never stopped loving. Soon after, he
support her global campaign against married his 29-year-old secretary, Nicoletta.
landmines. He confided that it was her It was a classic case of "A man can love one
insistence on taking her campaign to Palestine woman and be in lust with another." His
that ultimately led to her untimely death. marriage to Nicoletta was tumultuous—
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