Luciano Pavarotti $15 million in U.S. assets). Pavarotti drafted two wills before his death: one divided his assets by Italian law, giving half to his second wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, and half to his four daughters; the second gave his U.S. holdings to Mantovani. The judge confirmed the compromise by the end of July 2008. However, a Pesaro public prosecutor, Massimo di Patria, investigated allegations that Pavarotti was not of sound mind when he signed the will. Pavarotti's estate has been settled "fairly", a lawyer for Mantovani said in statements after reports of a dispute between her and his three daughters from his
Nicoletta Vallorani Starting in the mid-1980s she published novels and short-story collections. She won the Premio Urania 1992 with the novel "Il cuore finto di DR", a science fiction/noir cross-pollination published by Mondadori under the "Urania" inprint the following year, and also translated in French. She also writes noir and kids literature. Nicoletta Vallorani Nicoletta Vallorani (born 1959) is an Italian science fiction writer. Born in Offida, in the Marche region, she holds a degree in Foreign Languages with a dissertation on Contemporary American Literature, honed her writing skills as a translator and currently teaches English Language and Literature in the University