Friday, May 3

Dulce Nunes, actress

Dulce Pinto Bressane aka Dulce Nunes or Dulce Bressane ‑ a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter of the genre MPB – died on June 4, 2020 after suffering from Covid-19.

As a singer-songwriter, Nunes released three studio albums between 1964 and 1968, one of them alongside Carlos Lyra. She also collaborated as special guest in several albums by her then husband Egberto Gismonti.

Outside her musical career, Nunes also ventured into cinema, acting in four Feature films between 1949 and 1967.

Nunes was also an architect and owned Bressane Arquitetura & Interiores, an architecture firm in Rio de Janeiro.

Nunes was married two times. First to pianist Bené Nunes breaking up in 1965 and later to fellow musician Egberto Gismonti between 1968-76.

Nunes died in Rio de Janeiro on June 4, 2020, a week before her 91st birthday, from complications of COVID-19.

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