Tibor Rudas (6 February 1920 – 8 September 2014), was a Hungarian-born American
entrepreneur, known for conceptualising
Luciano Pavarotti
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performances in sports arena settings and later signing the "Three Tenors"
José Carreras
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Born in Barcelona, he made his de ...
,
Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti to appear in a series of worldwide arena concerts.
Born in
Budapest, he was imprisoned in the
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during World War II by the Nazis. Prior to his work with Pavarotti, Rudas was active in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Superstar Theater and the
Steel Pier
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. He died in
Santa Monica, California
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, aged 94.
References
Obituary - Los Angeles Times
External links
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1920 births
2014 deaths
20th-century Hungarian people
Hungarian record producers
Businesspeople from Budapest
Hungarian emigrants to the United States
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