Beverly Sills’ Death – Cause and Date

The opera singer Beverly Sills died at the age of 78. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Opera soprano affectionately known as Bubbles who sang in the bel canto style. She has been nominated for multiple Grammy and Emmy Awards.

She married Peter Greenough on November 17, 1956 and they had two children together.

The cause was inoperable lung cancer, said her personal manager, Edgar Vincent. Ms. Sills was America’s idea of a prima donna.

Quotes

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I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

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This joyfulness that I felt when I sang, and this need to communicate with people, these are my two strongest points. I’ve always been a people person. I love people; I like to be with people, and when I got on stage, I was home free.

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I never breathe through the nose, not when I’m singing. In the opera, you don’t have so much time. That’s fine at the beginning of an opera or after somebody else has been doing an aria, and you want to get a good fresh start.

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I think you have to take everything that looks like a blow and turn it into a triumph. This is where my energy comes from: I just won’t be licked.

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In a sense, I revolutionized the operatic scene because I proved you can make a great international career without the Metropolitan. I’m the only singer who’s done that, and I’m proud of that, so it’s all worked out for the best.