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Claude Heater, Opera Singer Who Played Jesus in 'Ben-Hur,' Dies at 92
Claude Heater, the famed opera singer who appeared with his face unseen as Jesus Christ in William Wyler's epic 1959 production of Ben-Hur, has died. He was 92. A noted Wagnerian tenor, Heater died May 28 at St. Mary's Medical Center in San F