European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes z faces w places saturday january. 23, 1993 from wire reports. Luciano Pavarotti the heavyweight Tenor of the opera world is suddenly being plagued by sour notes. The most recent of those wrong notes involves accusations that he profited from three pictures copied from my adventures in Europe a How to draw Book written m 1972 by Mary a Hicks an artist who is now 87 and living on social Security in la Veta a Small town near Pueblo Colo. On thursday Pavarotti a attorney Elliot Hoffman got into the act in an attempt to quiet Down the Crescendo of trouble. The 57-y cur old Tenor is a mystified by what a going on Quot Hoffman said in new York. A Luciano has never made any secret of his use of the Book Quot Hoffman said Pavarotti mentioned the Book in a july interview with lbs saying he was indebted to Hicks. Hoffman also said the Singer even posed with the Book for a picture with an article in a newspaper in Copenhagen Denmark a Luciano is not a Painter he a a sing lid. A i done to get what this is All  or Quot Hoffman said. Pavarotti who has said he always dreamed of being a professional artist has painted As a Hobby since 1978, Twenty two of his works have been reproduced and sold As a original Quot silk screen prints at $2,200 to $2,500 per print or $25,000 per set. Three of the pictures Are reproductions of images in Hicks Book. The Brouhaha Oyer his Art is the latest in a series of troubles for the Tenor a last week he cancelled performances at the metropolitan opera in new York and the opera company of Philadelphia saying his doctor had ordered him to begin a two month weight loss program. Neither Hoffman nor Herbert Breslin Pavarotti a manager could say How much the Singer weighs though some say he weighs More than 200 pounds. Recently Pavarotti said he needed to lose about 80 pounds. Quot of course i will lose weight gradually in about six months Quot he said. A in december he cancelled a met production of Lucia i Lamme Moor so c could sing on opening night at la Scala in Milan Italy. There he received disapproving whistles from the audience when his voice cracked on a High note. A and in september Pavarotti set off a t / f u opera Singer Luciano Pavarotti answers questions about his weight thursday in Munich Germany where he was preparing fora in Cerf today by the Queen to write and thank you for Sotir letter. Her majesty thought it was kind of you to write As you did and 1 am to Send her sincere thanks for doing so. Minor scandal when he lip synched to a recording of his voice during Nis part of a Multi artist concert in Modena Italy because he said he had no time to rehearse. Queen sends thanks to the Surprise of Kristi Taylor a mom a but not Kristi a Queen Elizabeth 11 sent a thank you note to the american girl. Kristi 7, an elementary school Pupil in port Huron mich., wrote to the Monarch to express sympathy after a december fire destroyed part of Windsor Castle. A i Felt sorry for her that her Home burned Down Kristi said. A at first i thought she was in there and trying to get everything out i was glad when i found out she was t  Kristin smother Jamie said her daughter asked every Day when the Queen was going to write Back. A i did no to know what to say and 1 did no to want to have to Tell her that she May never hear from  a but a letter dated Jan. 12 and signed by one of Elizabeth ii Sladics in waiting arrived tuesday. It read a dear Kristi i am commanded �?o1 knew she would write Back a Kristi said. Moving time nears actress Singer Pia Zadora and her husband financier Meshulam Riklis Are planning to move in March to the Home they have been building since 1989 at Pic fair the famed Beverly Hills estate of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary pick Ford. Zadora who is making to commercials starred in her musical autobiography too Short to be a rockette in san Diego and Miami last summer Riklis. Who made a Fortune in corporate takeovers counted the once venerable Mccrory dime store Chain and the Riviera hotel in Las vegas among his holdings until they filed for bankruptcy last year. Riklis 68, and Zadora 38, also were the subject of a lawsuit filed last year by Donald Trump Over nonpayment of rent at the couples $100,750-a-Moiith Home at Trump Tower in Manhattan. A but neither the recession nor any troubles they May have had financially has had any apparent effect on Pic fair a neighbor said. A the work keeps roaring ahead up . The work has involved major redo and expansion of Pic fair which had been a Hunting Lodge before architect Wallace Neff turned it into a mansion for the film stars in 1932. Zadora bought the 3.1-acre estate in 1988 from Jerry Buss owner of the los Angeles lakers basketball team for just under $7 million. She planned to spend about $2 million adding 3,000 Square feet to the House before contractors found termites there in 1990. Early last year Riklis estimated he already had spent $10 million on the House. The old mansion has been nearly demolished and a european style Villa with 15 bedrooms and 21 Baths in 35,000 Square feet has been rising in its place. There will be a playroom for the two Rik Lis children that will have a stage and state of the Art lighting and sound is tems and there also will be a 3,000-Square-foot sound studio a hair Salon Massage room and three level guest Wing. A Large letter a up Quot for Pia and Pic fair will be made of Bronze and embedded in Marble inside the main Entrance said Vicki Firestone of Firestone James the luxury residential division of design one which is coordinating the design. Zadora and Riklis also plan to build a second House which they refer to As Pic fair ii in an acre of the estate that is now partially occupied by an old Tennis court. Zadora a Secretary will live in the 12,750-Square-foot House sources said. After Pickford and Fairbanks were divorced in 1936, Pickford lived at Pic fair until she died in 1979. Through the years she subdivided and sold most of the 15-acre property. Actor buddy Rogers whom she married in 1937, still lives on part of the original estate. In a Telephone interview Rogers recalled How he told the ailing Pickford that he could t continue to live in the mansion after her death. 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