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Events on Tuesday 2 August 1921 1
1873 – 1921Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)Died 2 August 1921, aged 48Enrico Caruso, the Italian operatic tenor renowned as the most celebrated singer of his generation, died in Naples of complications from a lung infection. His recordings had made him one of the first global celebrities of the phonograph era. He had starred at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for nearly two decades.