Overview
- Fluminense confirmed the death in an official note, declared mourning, and made the Salão Nobre at Laranjeiras available for the wake and tributes.
- Barros had recently launched a ticket with Rafael Rolim for the 2026–2028 term, and his passing coincided with the cutoff to register or homologate slates.
- Opposition figures paused or reassessed activities, with candidate Mattheus Montenegro announcing a temporary halt to his campaign out of respect.
- As Unimed Rio’s leader from 1999 to 2014, he bankrolled a revival that took the club from Série C to titles including the 2007 Copa do Brasil and the 2010 and 2012 Brasileiros.
- Reports list his age as 72 or 73, and while the club cited a heart attack, some outlets described a sudden illness during a family religious service.