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Shi Pei Pu Chinese Opera Singer Inspired M. Butterfly Dies

July 5, 2009

Shi Pei Pu, a Chinese operatic soprano who along with his French lover was convicted of espionage and whose complicated affair inspired the Tony Award- winning Broadway play “M. Butterfly" and the movie of the same title, has died. He was 70. Shi died Tuesday in Paris. An aide confirmed Shi's death to Agence France-Presse. Shi ...