Sometimes stiffness goes away as you move. If it does not, it can be a sign of Parkinson's disease. You might notice that your arms don't swing when you walk, or maybe other people have said you look stiff. An early sign might be stiffness or pain in your shoulder or hips. People sometimes say their feet seem 'stuck to the floor.'.
Luciano Pavarotti, who has died aged 71 of pancreatic cancer, grew up in the 1940s listening to the previous golden generation of tenor stars on record and radio. So the presence of the past underpinned his own recorded achievement as a singer.
The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and Clarifications column, Monday June 3 2002. In an article, Life with Luciano, we referred to Luciano Pavarotti's father as though he were alive and aged 90. We failed to notice his death a few days earlier at the age of 89.