Enrico Caruso
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About
Italian operatic tenor who released 290 recordings from 1902 to 1920. He was the recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1987.
Before Fame
He was apprenticed to a mechanical engineer but showed no interest.
Trivia
His recording of "Vesti la giubba" was the first sound recording to sell a million copies.
Family Life
He married Dorothy Caruso on August 20, 1918 and had two children with her.
Associated With
He visited the United States where he met and received an autographed picture of President Theodore Roosevelt.
