Wife of Wagner festival director dies (AP)

Wolfgang Wagner, grandson of German composer Richard Wagner, right, his daughter Katharina, center, and his wife Gudrun are seen prior to the Wagner Festival opening in front of the Festspielhaus building in Bayreuth, Germany, in this July 25, 2007 file photo. Gudrun Wagner, who for years assisted her husband, Wolfgang Wagner, in leading the annual Bayreuth opera festival, has died, festival officials said Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. She was 63. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz, file)AP - Gudrun Wagner, wife of the Bayreuth Opera Festival’s director and a key figure in the family battle over control of the arts institution that was founded by composer Richard Wagner, died Wednesday. She was 63.

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