Despite being hospitalised after a fall in which she fractured her kneecap Liza Minnelli yesterday still participated in a Italian charity show organised by Luciano Pavarotti to raise money for Iraqi refugees. Bono, Ricky Martin, Queen, Lionel Richie, Eric Clapton and opera star Andrea Bocelli all joined Pavarotti in Modena. Minnelli was beamed in via a TV link up where she sang a few lines from Cabaret from her hospital room.
Pavarotti's 10th annual benefit gig 'Pavarotti and Friends' whish was broadcast to a number of countries, was organised to help the United Nations deal with the humanitarian emergency sparked by the Iraq war. The aim is to help Iraqi families - who fled to neighbouring countries during Saddam Hussein's regime - to return home.