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Brazil

Aldir Blanc Mendes, author and lyricist
5May By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Aldir Blanc Mendes, author and lyricist

Aldir Blanc Mendes a Brazilian author of crônicas and lyricist died of complications of COVID-19 on 4 May 2020 at the age of 73. He co-composed many songs with singer-songwriter João Bosco, guitarist Guinga, and others. A trained psychiatrist, eventually he quit medical practice and devoted all his time to music. Elis Regina recorded several of his songs, most notably "O bêbado e a equilibrista". Another song of his is "Resposta ao tempo" (with lyrics by Cristovão Bastos), a ballad that became one of Nana Caymmi's most famous songs, and which was recorded by many other musicians thereafter, amongst them Milton Nascimento and Aldir Blanc himself. Blanc's work 1972–1987 was analyzed by Charles A. Perrone in Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song MPB 1965–1985 (U Texas P, 1989)....
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Fernando Sandoval, Olympic water polo player
2May By Web TeamNo Comments
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Fernando Sandoval, Olympic water polo player

Fernando Sandoval a Brazilian water polo player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics died on May 1, 2020, after suffering from coronavirus in São Paulo. He was 78. Fernando Sandoval was born in the capital of São Paulo, on November 18, 1942. He began his career in swimming pools before moving to water polo, a sport that won him over, at the age of 16. In 1967, at the age of 25, he won the silver medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada. A year later, Fernando Sandoval had the honor of being part of the Brazil team that finished 13th in the Olympic Games in Mexico.
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Daniele “Dani” Costa, Nursing Technician
28Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Brazil, Medics, Profiles

Daniele “Dani” Costa, Nursing Technician

Daniele "Dani" Costa – a Nursing Technician at Serviço de AtendimentoMóvel de Urgência (Samu) and Unidade de Pronto-Atendimento (UPA), Rio de Janeiro and Nova Iguaçu in Baixada Fluminense, Brazil – passed away on 27 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Daniele was 41 years old. She worked in the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) in Rio de Janeiro and in an Emergency Care Unit (UPA) in Nova Iguaçu, in Baixada Fluminense. In mid-April, she started with a dry cough and took time off work. Later, she had a high fever, severe tiredness and became a patient with suspected covid-19. Daniele had worked in the role for 18 years. "She was passionate about the profession and was always very concerned with others. Wo...
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