Person Open DS/UK/789 Bocelli; Andrea (22 September 1958); OMRI OMDSM; Italian opera singer, songwriter, and record producer Bocelli Andrea 22 September 1958 Italian opera singer, songwriter, and record producer Male (cisgender) Andrea Angel Bocelli https://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?LB1LBFMLfO0ZUk Lajatico, Italy (born)

Italian Musician; Singer White Sensory disability No known religious affiliation Son of Alessandro Bocelli and Edi Bocelli. Heterosexual Andrea Bocelli OMRI OMDSM is an Italian opera singer, songwriter, and record producer. Following a football accident, Bocelli was diagnosed with Traumatic glaucoma, becoming completely blind at age 12. He was hit in the eye playing goalkeeper during a match and suffered a brain hemorrhage. Doctors resorted to leeches in a last-ditch effort to save his sight, but they were unsuccessful and he remained blind. Since 1982, Bocelli has recorded 15 solo studio albums of both pop and classical music, three greatest hits albums, and nine complete operas, selling over 90 million records worldwide. He has had success as a crossover performer, bringing classical music to the top of international pop charts. In 1998, Bocelli was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 1999, he was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards. "The Prayer" is his duet with Celine Dion for the animated film Quest for Camelot which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He captured a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records with the release of his classical album Sacred Arias, as he simultaneously held the top three positions on the US Classical Albums charts. Disability: He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting from a football accident. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bocelli (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 8/9/2012 RAHAKIRKBRIDE 8/1/2024 c247ce28-eb9a-4d0d-82d3-9bae75ecf5a2