Bahian Artist and Physician César Romero Dies in Salvador as Funeral Set for Today

Overview

• Romero’s death on Tuesday, October 7, was confirmed by emergency service Samu after unsuccessful resuscitation attempts.
• Police said neighbors reported he choked while being fed by a caregiver, a detail that remains subject to forensic confirmation.
• The case was registered at the 14th Territorial Police Station in Barra, and a perícia has been requested to determine the cause.
• The burial is scheduled for Thursday at Cemitério Bosque da Paz in Salvador’s Nova Brasília neighborhood, with the time not yet announced.
• A celebrated figure of more than five decades in the arts, he portrayed Northeastern culture and Afro-Brazilian symbols, exhibited internationally, and is reported to be survived by two sisters.