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
Maria Domenica Mantovani Maria Domenica Mantovani Blessed Maria Domenica Mantovani (12 November 1862 - 2 February 1934) was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family; she established them alongside Blessed Giuseppe Nascimbeni. As a nun she received the religious name of "Maria Giuseppina of the Immaculata". She was beatified on 27 April 2003. Maria Domenica Mantovani was born on 12 November 1862 in Verona as the eldest of four children born to Giovanni Mantovani and Prudenza Zamperini. She attended school as a child in her local area but was not there for too