After four decades in the position, Levine was eased aside as a result of poor health before being fired for
Sexual Harassment Conductor James Levine, who ruled over the Metropolitan Opera for more than four decades before being eased aside when his health declined and then was fired for sexual improprieties, has died. He was 77.
Levine died in Palm Springs,
California, of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr Len Horovitz, said Wednesday.