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(Araújo Neto), Cazuza (Agenor) b. April 4, 1958 d. July 7, 1990
Singer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro and died in Sao Paulo (Brazil). He and his band Barao Vermelho triumphed in the 80s. He become one of the most important pop-rock singers from Brazil. He is remembered for his songs Todo Amor que Houver Nessa Vida, Maior Abandonado, Exagerado and Precizo Dizer que te Amo, and his albums Barao Vermelho, Ideologia and Burguesia. He was awarded in 1998 for the best pop-rock singer in Brazil. Also he composed the soundtrack of famous brazilian film, played by...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alves, Carmelia b. February 14, 1923 d. November 3, 2012
Singer. Called the "Queen of Baiao", she was one of her country's most popular vocalists over a long career. Born Carmelia Alves Curvello, little is recorded of her early years save that she began singing on radio around 1940 and was soon performing at Rio de Janeiro's Hotel Copacabana, initially presenting the Carnival hits of the day. Carmelia released her first record, "Deixei do Sofrer", in 1943 and gradually began specializing in Baiao, music inspired by the folk rhythms of northeastern...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Chacrinha b. 1916 d. 1988
Brazillian Television Personality.
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Corona, Lauro b. July 6, 1957 d. July 20, 1989
Actor. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is best remembered for his work in TV series "Dancin' Days" (1978), "Os Gigantes" (1979), "Marina" (1980), "Louco Amor" (1983), "Corpo a Corpo" (1984), "Direito de Amar" (1987) and "Vida Nova" (1988). On screen, he worked in "O Sonho Nao Acabou" (1982) and "Bete Balanço" (1984). He died in his hometown from AIDS. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dumont, Santos b. July 20, 1873 d. July 23, 1932
Brazillian-born, French aeronautics engineer. He built an early, gas-powered dirgible and made the first airplane flight in Europe.
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fonseca, Ademilde b. March 4, 1921 d. March 27, 2012
Singer. Called the "Queen of Choro" she was one of her country's most popular vocalists over two generations and shall be remembered for supplying the words for a predominantly instrumental genre of music. Born Ademilde Fonseca Delfino in Sao Goncalo do Aramante, little is recorded of her early years but she apparently took to show business early as she was performing professionally in Rio de Janeiro by 1941. Ademilde had her first hit in 1942 with Zequinha de Abreu's "Tici Tico no Fuba"; she...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gonçalves (Gonçalves Sobral), Nelson (Antonio) b. July 21, 1919 d. April 18, 1998
Popular Brazilian singer.
Cause of death: Heart attack
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jobim, Antonio Carlos b. January 25, 1927 d. December 8, 1994
Musician, Composer. Born in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Jobim originally was headed for a career as an architect. Yet by the time he turned 20, the lure of music was too powerful, and so he started playing piano in nightclubs and working in recording studios. He made his first record in 1954 backing singer Bill Farr as the leader of "Tom and His Band" (Tom was Jobim's lifelong nickname), and he first found fame in 1956 when he teamed up with poet Vincius de Moraes to provide part...[Read More] (Bio by: Rico)
Cause of death: Complications following surgery
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Miranda, Aurora b. April 20, 1915 d. December 22, 2005
Dancer, Singer. She was the sister of actress Carmen Miranda. She was a singing star in Brazil. She appeared in Richard Siodmak’s Film Noir thriller "Phantom Lady", in that film she sang the song "Chica-Chica-Boom-Boom." Her best known film in the United States was Disney Studio’s "The Three Caballeros." She was Donald Duck’s dance partner in the Bahia sequence. She also appeared in the documentaries "Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business" and "Once Upon a Mouse." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Miranda (da Cunha), Carmen (Maria do Carmo Miranda) b. February 9, 1909 d. August 5, 1955
Renowned Actress, Dancer, and Singer. Born in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal, her family moved to Brazil when she was still a toddler. She was singing at her hatmaking job as a teenager when she was discovered by a local promoter. She began singing on local radio and secured a recording contract with RCA, soon becoming a major Brazillian star. Miranda made her United States debut in 1939, singing and dancing in several well-received Broadway revues and nightclub performances. Her first film, "...[Read More] (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Niemeyer, Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Soares Filho b. December 15, 1907 d. December 5, 2012
Brazilian architect, born Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida de Niemeyer Soares Filho, who for more than 70 years career designed over 600 architectural projects around the world. Among his most important works he designed the United Nations New York headquarters in 1947, with French modernist Le Corbusier, his country's futuristic capital of Brasília, built from scratch in the country's uninhabited interior plains in the late 1950s and the Museum of Modern Art in Niteroi, which is perched like a flying...[Read More] (Bio by: Errete)
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rocha, Glauber b. March 14, 1938 d. August 22, 1981
Motion Picture Director. He was born in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. He is one of the founders and the most representative member of the Cinema Novo along with Ruy Guerra, Carlos Diegues, Arnaldo Jabor and Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. His films have a clear message of social criticism. He is best remembered for films such as "Deus e O Diabo Na Terra do Sol" (1964), "Terra em Transe" (1967), "Antonio Das Mortes" (1969), "O Dragao Da Maldade Contra O Santo Guerreiro" (1969), for which he won...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Villa-Lobos, Heitor b. March 5, 1887 d. November 17, 1959
Brazilian composer who wrote about 2000 works, including Bachianas brasileiras (1930-45), nine suites which include the rhythms and melodic styles of the folk music of northeastern Brazil.
Cemitério São João Batista, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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