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Claude Heater

San Francisco, California

1927 - 2020

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Claude HeaterOctober 25, 1927 - May 28, 2020Claude Heater, the Bay Area native who became renowned as a heldentenor in European opera houses, passed away peacefully at age 92 after a prolonged battle with heart disease. Claude was a prominent opera singer, an inspiring teacher to developing opera...

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Mr. Heater....I am late with this but so heartfelt nonetheless. When I was 15 I saw Ben Hur for the first time at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. I was not prepared for the overwhelming spiritual experience that was to be, nor for the tears helplessly flowing down my face from the iconic scene where you poured water on Judah Ben Hur when he had all but given up. The compassion expressed in that scene just overcame my soul and I couldn´t stop the tears. It must have been an amazing...

Dear Claude,
I shall always remember the decades our families worked together. I am so sorry you didn't get to see mom when we stop by. I have boxes of family memorabilia that I will proudly display when I get the museum for the HOE Tour set up. I still even have that white angora coat you brought back from Europe. I still laugh at the day you were coming to our house and I was heading to the bay. I was so shock when I got home and mom said, " Claude was here. He said he seen something...