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Claudio Abbado

Italian conductor (1933-2014).

Born June 26th, 1933 in Milan. [ref]

Died January 20th, 2014 at 80 years old in Bologna (disease). [ref]

Occupations
composer, conductor, music director, pianist, politician
Wikipedia

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel