Brazil – Page 3

10May

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Portugal, Profiles

Abraham Palatnik, artist and inventor

Abraham Palatnik a Brazilian artist and inventor whose innovations include kinechromatic art – died from COVID-19 on May 9, 2020 at the age of 92 in Rio de Janeiro. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. He is considered a pioneer of technological art in Brazil for his early use of mechanical systems and light. He exhibited some of his works in the First Biennial of São Paulo in 1951. Palatnik was born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, lived from 1932 to 1947 in Israel before settling in Rio de Janeiro, where he spent most of his adult life. Two works by Palatnik are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

10May

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Sérgio Sant’Anna, writer

Sérgio Sant'Anna a Brazilian writer, born in the city of Rio de Janeiro died on May 10, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, after being hospitalized with symptoms of the Covid-19 disease. He wrote poems, plays, short stories, novellas and novels. His works have been translated to German and Italian. His works are heavily metafictional and had influenced a newer generation of Brazilian writers.

10May

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Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Luiz Henrique, Nurse

Luiz Henrique – a Nurse in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Please help us in adding details.

9May

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Jesus Chediak, artist & journalist

Jesus Chediak ‑ a Brazilian actor, film director, film producer, journalist, and theatre director – passed away after contracting Covid-19 virus on May 8, 2020. During his cinematic career, Chediak was responsible for six feature films, working at various functios such as, actor, diretor, producer and writer. Aside from his career in cinema, he also worked as a professor at Federal University of Bahia. In 2017, he was apointed Casa França-Brasil's new director. At the time of his death, Chediak held the post of Cultural manager of the Associação Brasileira de Imprensa. Chediak was married to journalist Glória Chediak. The couple had four kids. He had two brothers, Braz ...

9May

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Carlos Augusto Estorari, Physician

Carlos Augusto Estorari – a Physician in Parauapebas, Brazil – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. Carlos was 48 years old. Please help us in adding details.

9May

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Brazil, High Profilers, Profiles

Dr Vicente André Gomes, Politician

Vicente André Gomes a Brazilian politician and physician with a specialization in cardiology from the state of Pernambuco died on May 8, 2020, at the age of 68 after almost 3 weeks of hospitalization due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Son of Geanny and Moacyr André Gomes. Gomes went to medical school at the Fundação de Ensino Superior de Pernambuco, graduated in 1978 and later finished his specialization in Cardiology at the Federal University of Pernambuco. During his medical career, Gomes worked at various well known hospitals in Recife, such as Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Recife and Hospital dos Servidores do Estado de Pernambuco from 1979 to 1981. In 1985, Gomes decided to pursue a career into politics and at the same year he was elected as one of the members of the Mun...

8May

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Ciro Pessoa, singer-songwriter

Ciro Pessoa Mendes Corrêa Ciro Pessoa Mendes Corrêa, also known by his Dharma name Tenzin Chöpel, died on May 5, 2020, after contracting COVID-19 while being treated for cancer. He was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, screenwriter, journalist, writer and poet, famous for being one of the founding members of the influential rock band Titãs and for his later work with pioneering post-punk/gothic rock band Cabine C. He also formed numerous other short-lived and lesser known projects in the late 1980s/early to mid-1990s before beginning a solo career in 2003. Ciro Pessoa was born in São Paulo on June 12, 1957. When he was seven years old, he learned how to play the classical guitar. At the age of 12, he began to perform in music festivals around the city. As a t...

Ricardo Coimbra de Almeida Brennand, businessman, engineer and art collector

8May

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Ricardo Coimbra de Almeida Brennand, businessman, engineer and art collector

Ricardo Coimbra de Almeida Brennand a Brazilian businessman, engineer, and art collector in the state of Pernambuco died on 25 April 2020, aged 92, at Real Hospital Português in Recife, due to complications from COVID-19. In 2002 he founded the Ricardo Brennand Institute, which includes the world's largest private collection of Frans Post paintings, and was the 17th-highest-rated museum in the world according to TripAdvisor in 2014. Brennand was born to Dulce Padilha Coimbra and Antônio Luiz de Almeida Brennand in Cabo de Santo Agostinho. He and his family relocated to Recife in 1930, where Brennand completed his secondary education at Colégio Marista from 1937 to 1942. During this time he learned fluent German and English, owing to his British ancestor Edward Brennand who immig...

8May

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Brazil, Neighbors, Profiles

Odair José, Ambulance Driver

Odair José – an Ambulance Driver at AtendimentoMóvel de Urgência (Samu) (Mobile Emergency Care Service), Porto Velho, Brazil – passed away on 13 May, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Jose was 46 years old. "Today we lost a warrior, Odair, Samu's driver who did a lot for this city, many removals, many lives he helped save," said a co-worker, who was also diagnosed with the coronavirus, but managed to recover. Source: RONDO NOTICIAS Please help us in adding details.

7May

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Solon Pereira Lopes Ferreira, Physician

Solon Pereira Lopes Ferreira - a Physician at Hospital Santa Catarina, Natal. João Pessoa, Brazil – passed away on 6 May 2020 after suffering from COVID-19. Solon was 61 years old. He was from Paraíba and died in João Pessoa. However, in addition to the service he performed at the medical board of Detran da Paraíba, he also worked in Natal, at Hospital Santa Catarina and in the Emergency Room of Pirangi Beach. “A wonderful person, a great professional. It was a general commotion in the hospital, because Solon was an extraordinary guy ”, summarizes the doctor Ricardo Guedes, friend and co-worker of Solon Ferreira in the emergency room of Hospital Santa Catarina. Source: Globo Please help us in adding details. ...