Simonetta Puccini, Keeper of the Composer's Flame, Dies at 89 - The ...
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21 hours ago - Simonetta Puccini,
who went to court to prove that she was a descendant of the composer
Giacomo Puccini and, after she won that case, worked to further
Puccini's legacy, died on Dec. 16 in Milan. She was 89 by most accounts.
Her death was confirmed by her friend Herbert Handt, the conductor, who
did ...