Continue towards Campo di Santa Maria del Giglio, an area just west of the Piazza San Marco, where Woody Allen stalked Julia Roberts in the light-hearted comedy Everyone Says I Love You, then turn north to the theatre Teatro La Fenice and the nearby Ponte Maria Callas bridge, dedicated to American-born Greek opera singer Maria Callas who debuted at the theatre in 1947.

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Her mother, Maria St John, is suing the singer claiming Manson was negligent in "instructing the woman to operate a motor vehicle in her incapacitated condition".

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He married the legendary singer-songwriter's daughter, Maria, in 1988.

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Maria Cole, widow of Nat King Cole and mother to singer Natalie Cole, has died in Florida aged 89.

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For Maria Schneider's latest CD, "Winter Morning Walks, " with opera singer Dawn Upshaw, the composer-arranger conducted the St.

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