‘Pavarotti’s heir’ dies in scooter accident

SALVATORE Licitra, a tenor known in his Italian homeland as the “new Pavarotti” for his potent voice and considerable stamina, has died after nine days in a coma following a motor scooter accident in Sicily.

Catania’s Garibaldi Hospital said that Licitra, 43, never regained consciousness after suffering severe head and chest injuries in the August 27 accident.

Doctors had said Licitra crashed his scooter into a wall near the town of Ragusa, apparently after suffering an interruption of blood to the brain.