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Claude Heater, Opera Singer Who Played Jesus in 'Ben-Hur,' Dies at 92
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hollywoodreporter.comClaude Heater, the famed opera singer who appeared with his face unseen as Jesus Christ in William Wyler's epic 1959 production ofBen-Hur, has died.
He was 92. A noted Wagnerian tenor, Heater died May 28 at St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco of natural causes after a long illness, according to an announcement on his foundation website.
While performing in Rome, Heater was spotted byBen-Hurproduction manager Henry Henigson, who was struck by the singer's "magnificent" voice and "beautiful spiritual face," Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons wrote in 1958.
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